Birds of America

Hoping to gain self-confidence, Abby goes to Ireland with her mother, who knows exactly what her daughter is doing wrong and how to live life properly. Eileen mourns her beloved cat, but everyone around is convinced that she is actually grieving for something else – one cannot be so devastated over an animal! The world of the young couple collapses when the woman notices a red spot on the baby's diaper. A Hollywood actress abandons her career and spends her days in a provincial motel, comforted by sherry and a relationship with a mechanic, sex with whom is much more enjoyable than conversation… "Birds of America" is twelve stories by Lorrie Moore that have secured the writer's status as a modern classic. With her characteristic wit, insight, and dark humor, Moore introduces readers to confused, desperate, and lonely people. Only such people inhabit this world, and each is unhappy in their own way.