Kinsey and Me: Stories
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (926 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1611761573 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 6 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: To whet fans’ appetites for W Is for , the Kinsey Millhone mystery coming in 2013, Grafton offers a selection of Millhone and Kit Blue short stories. From Booklist *Starred Review* What could be better, while waiting for the twenty-third mystery in Grafton’s alphabet series, than this revelatory collection of stories featuring both Grafton’s alter ego, PI Kinsey Millhone, and the author herself? The volume includes 9 stories with Kinsey as protagonist (8 were published in 1991 in a very limited edition for family and friends); 13 short-short stories about Kit Blue, a younger version of Grafton; an introduction; and an essay, which bridges the two sections of the book, about the development of the private-eye mystery. Kinsey fanatics, sensing the coming end of the landmark series, will be thrilled to
Enriching the way we see Kinsey and know Sue, these stories are deeply affecting.. Together, they show just how much of Kinsey is a distillation of her creator’s past even as they reveal a child who, free of parental interventions, read everything and roamed everywhere. In 1982, Sue Grafton introduced us to Kinsey Millhone. But the dark side of such freedom was that very parental distance.The same feisty voice and witty apercus readers fell in love with in A Is for Alibi permeate the Kinsey stories. They take us into a troubled family, dysfunctional as most families are, each in their own way, but Grafton’s telling is sensitive, delicate, and ultimately, loving. Those in the And Me section trace a remarkable voyage, from anger to understanding, from pain to forgiveness. To mark this anniversary year, Sue has given us stories that reveal Kinsey’s origins and Sue’s past.“I've come to believe that Grafton is not only the most talented woman writing crime fiction today but also that, regardless of gender, her Millhone books are among the five or six best series any American has ever written.”—Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post<
. Sue Grafton, with four more letters of the alphabet to come, is deep into W is for She lives in Montecito and Louisville
"A different Kinsey, with a lot of Sue" according to Jill Meyer. Sue Grafton, author of those A to V Kinsey Milhone mysteries, is out with a new book. And it's sort of a hybrid, and like nothing I've ever read. "Kinsey and Me" is actually two books, with an entre'act in between. The first part are short stories about Kinsey that Grafton had dashed off in the 1980's and a little later. If you are old enough to . Laurel-Rain Snow said HER SHADOW SELF. For readers who have followed the Sue Grafton Alphabet Mystery series, Kinsey Millhone is a familiar character. Almost like someone from our own lives--albeit our lives in the eighties, the decade that has become the signature era for the character. A time before technology had advanced and when the Internet was still in the distant future. Kinse. "autobiographical essays are like poetry" according to Sangye Sopa. I just finished this wonderful book. The Kinsey stories were fine, as always. To me Kinsey can do no wrong. But the stunning part of the book was the autobiographical short essays of Sue Grafton's life under the pen name of Kit Blue. Each essay was just a hair breath's away from poetry. The essays were written as prose, but the observations so fi