"When it comes to love, there are a million theories to explain
it. But when it comes to love stories, things are simpler. A love
story can never be about full possession. Love stories depend on
disappointment, on unequal births and feuding families, on
matrimonial boredom and at least one cold heart. Love stories,
nearly without exception, give love a bad name . . . .
It is perhaps only in reading a love story (or in writing one)
that we can simultaneously partake of the ecstasy and agony of
being in love without paying a crippling emotional price. I offer
this book, then, as a cure for lovesickness and an antidote to
adultery. Read these love stories in the safety of your single bed.
Let everybody else suffer."--Jeffrey Eugenides, from the
introduction to "My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead"
All proceeds from "My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead" will go
directly to fund the free youth writing programs offered by 826
Chicago. 826 Chicago is part of the network of seven writing
centers across the United States affiliated with 826 National, a
non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to
18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to
helping teachers inspire their students to write.
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