A review by alaiyo0685
Blueprints for Building Better Girls: Stories by Elissa Schappell

5.0

So I wasn't expecting this, but I could barely put this book down. I've never read a collection of short stories that were linked in this way, with background characters who were mentioned offhand in one becoming main characters in another, or taking readers through snapshots of two different times in the same person's life. Add in the nuance, sophistication, and grit Schappell gives to the subjects of girl- and womanhood, and you've got a powerful little read.