I Knew You'd Be Lovely: Stories

"What smart, memorable, inventive stories these are--skilled, insightful, full of heart."--Joan Silber, author of Ideas of Heaven

Alethea Black's deeply moving and wholly original debut features a coterie of memorable characters who have reached emotional crossroads in their lives. Brimming with humor, irony, and insights about the unpredictable nature of life, the unbearable beauty of fate, and the power that one moment, or one decision, can have to transform us, I Knew You'd Be Lovely delivers that rare thing--stories with both an edge and a heart.

Author: Alethea Black
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 07/05/2011
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.16h x 5.13w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9780307886033

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/15/2011 pg. 83
Publishers Weekly 04/04/2011
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2011

About the Author
Alethea Black was born in Boston and graduated from Harvard College in 1991. Her work has won the Arts & Letters prize, been cited as distinguished in The Best American Short Stories, and appeared in nearly a dozen literary magazines, including The Kenyon Review, The Antioch Review, and Narrative.