What: Elizabeth Crane's second collection of linked short stories takes a tour through the life of Charlotte Anne Byers, including New York, alcoholism, and Owen Wilson.
Opening lines: "Charlotte Anne Byers, age eight, gets off the 104 at 63rd and Broadway at dusk and descends the cement stairs to the stage entrance of the New York State Theater like she knows what she's doing, which she does, but only marginally."
Comparable to: Ellen Gilchrist is also a master at popping in and out of characters' lives with short stories, but Crane's stories are funnier and her sentences are longer.
How to get it: Buyable, borrowable, Kindle-able.
Connections to previous Wreckage: Crane has two other short story collections --- When the Messenger Is Hot (Rec. #73) and You Must Be This Happy to Enter (Rec. #245).
Ellen Gilchrist's story collections include Nora Jane: A Life in Stories (Rec. #25), Light Can Be Both Wave and Particle (Rec. #159), and The Cabal and Other Stories (Rec. #216).
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