Description
In this luminous collection of seventeen short stories, ordinary days open into intimate dramas as characters—especially women—navigate love, divorce, friendship, work, and the shifting demands of community. With a keen ear for dialogue and a humane, unsentimental eye, the stories trace how people keep reaching for connection even when life has made that reach complicated. Paley’s fiction blends wit and moral urgency, illuminating themes of belonging, social responsibility, and the quiet negotiations that shape family and public life. Spanning diverse voices and situations, these stories capture the emotional weather of modern existence—later the same day, and still carrying consequences.
Available Editions
paperback
Macmillan
Published Jan 1, 1985
221 pages
ISBN: 9780374184094
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Details
First Published
1985
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Later the Same Day by Grace Paley.