Book description
The vibrantly fresh and lustrous stories in Miller's collection explore
the multifaceted lives of women in seven arresting portraits. Modern and
diverse, these women of different classes and ages struggle with
sexuality, fate, motherhood, infidelity, desperation, and an overriding
will to survive. We meet Greta, a cookbook editor who is chosen by Tavi,
the hottest writer of his generation, to edit his new book. The book
becomes a best-seller and Greta is propelled out of her marriage by her
own ambition and success. Other characters include Paula, a pregnant
twenty-one-year-old, who is on the run from the horror of a man who was
hit by a car and died while walking her home from a nightclub; Delia, an
abused working-class wife who goes into hiding with her children; and
Louisa, a painter who moves rapidly from one lover to the next, acting
out a self-perpetuating drama over which she has no control. Edgy,
fearless, and beautifully spare, Personal Velocity is a superb
collection from one of the best writers in contemporary fiction.
