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Mr. Right Is Dead: Stories
Paperback
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: Nov 10 2026
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.37 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Best of Everything, a witty, cynical short story collection about the modern woman's search for love.
In this satirical collection of short fiction, the sharp, social observations that readers have come to love Rona Jaffe for in her classic novels The Best of Everything and Class Reunion shine in this novella and five short stories featuring the hopefulness and disappointments of the quest for love. In the title novella, a call girl is admired for her resilience in the face of life's difficulties as she acquires lovers and money with a kind of innocence. In Rima the Bird Girl, a woman takes on a new identity with every new romantic entanglement. Exploring themes of female identity, societal expectations and the disillusionment of romance, Mr. Right is Dead is Rona's Jaffe's finest and most literary work.
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