Lucia Berlin, "A Manual for Cleaning Women"

[Bol]

This collection of short stories has been much written about recently.  I'm reading it now, and it is an amazing collection, and Berlin clearly was a wonderful writer.  One of the pleasures for me is the fact that Berlin knew jazz, and there are little intrusions/snippets of jazz in these short stories.  In one of the stories, a woman's screams are compared to early Ornette Coleman in "The Lonely Woman" days, for example.  Another story "Melina" is all about being the wife of a jazz musician.  Apparently, Berlin was married 4 times, and 2 of her husbands were jazz musicians.

[Joe]

Agree; wonderful book.

[mikeweil]

Thanks for the recommendation. I am always looking for books like this. 

[jlhoots]

Great book, Read it a few years ago.