Three Thousand Dollars Stories

David Lipsky

eBook - 2014

Eleven sparkling stories of family, love, and art from New York Times–bestselling author David LipskyMy mother doesn’t know that I owe my father three thousand dollars. From the opening line of the acclaimed title story—a Best American Short Stories selection that first appeared in the New Yorker—to the tender last scene of “Springs, 1977,” this pitch-perfect collection explores the unsteady terrain of early adulthood and the complex legacy of family. Self-aware, creatively ambitious, and just privileged enough to be acutely aware of all that they lack, Lipsky’s characters are as real and unforgettable as the dilemmas they face—some of their own making, some that the world has thrust on them. In “Relativity,” a college j...unior transfers to the Ivy League in order to please his mother and make new friends; he quickly realizes the fault in his logic.... more