Adults and Other Children

"These shockingly insightful stories, riddled with breathtaking observation, are also, frequently, laugh out loud funny. Wisdom and hilarity are such a gorgeous couple, and Miriam Cohen makes the absolute most of this pairing. Evocative of Lorrie Moore at her sharpest best, Cohen's is still an entirely new and very welcome voice." —Robin Black, author of Life Drawing and If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This "In Adults and Other Children, Miriam Cohen renders the minds of children with such vivid intensity and imagination that I couldn't help but see our world anew. The stories take us on a journey of familiar terrain—a daughter coming to terms with her parents' divorce, sisters about to lose their mother, a new boy in school—in an unfamiliar and unflinchingly honest way, allowing us to better understand the messy and complicated relationships of our lives. Absorbing, magical, sinister and yet surprisingly sweet, I'll be...