01801cam a2200337 i 4500 516548222 TxGeo 20211011120000.0 150708t20162015||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780804173155 trade pbk. 080417315X trade pbk. (OCoLC)913499723 TxGeo rda Heiny, Katherine. Single, carefree, mellow : stories / Katherine Heiny. First Vintage Contemporaries edition. ©2015. New York, NY : Vintage Contemporaries, 2016. 224 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier For the commitment-averse women in the eleven sublime stories of Single, Carefree, Mellow, falling in love is never easy and always inconvenient. Maya is in love with both her boyfriend and her boss. Sadie's lover calls her as he drives to meet his wife at marriage counseling. Nina is more worried that the Presbyterian minister living above her garage will hear her kids swearing than that he will find out she's sleeping with her running partner. The women grapple with love amidst everything from unwelcome houseguests to disastrous birthday parties as Katherine Heiny spins a debut that is superbly accomplished, endlessly entertaining, and laugh-out-loud funny. 20211025. Single women Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Romance fiction, American. Short stories, American. Short stories. QS5