Reconnaissance

by Tara F.T. Sering

This collection of fiction by Tara Sering includes the bestselling novella “Getting Better,” structured like a kind of manual on how to cope with an asshole boyfriend, both during the relationship and after it’s all over. The short stories are all set in middle-class suburbia and the corporate world, and regard that world with a slightly cocked eyebrow. Whether it’s a girl’s first encounter with sex or with the workplace, or a disintegrating marriage or a Sunday lunch with a nightmare of a mother-in-law, there is much in this book that young and not-so-young urban women—students, young housewives, career girls—will identify with.

Genres: Contemporary, Short Stories

79 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Tara has been publishing stories since she was 21, but it wasn't until turned 28, after a three-year stint as managing editor of a women's magazine, that she started writing contemporary fiction for women.

Her interests, apart from writing, include travelling, organizing her apartment (which is turning out to be a lifelong preoccupation), and designing covers for imaginary books that she has yet to find the time to write.

Tara is also the author of novellas Almost Married and Between Dinner and Morning After and has written other books as well. She was awarded the National Book Award in 2003 for her work in Almost Married.

Reviews

[jusdani · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars lang kasi bitin, but I liked every story in this collection! s/o again to Mar for getting me this for my birthday this year 🥹

[Rio Pontillas · Rating 5 out of 5]

nice