"Athletes don't have much use for poking around in their childhoods, because, introspection doesn't get you anywhere in a race."

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Intelligent, heartfelt stories that tell a whole new set of truths about growing up American. Julie Orringer writes with virtuosity and depth about the fears, cruelties, and humiliations of childhood, but then does that rarest, and more difficult, thing: writes equally beautifully about the moments of victory and transcendence.

— George Saunders