A review by janetlweller
Blueprints for Building Better Girls: Fiction by Elissa Schappell

4.0

I don't usually like short stories; they always leave me wanting more, but perhaps because the stories in the collection are intermingled I found that I enjoyed this book. It is not exactly an upbeat book, but the characters (women, or almost women) are so real that I was engrossed in each story. Though it has been a long time since my college days I found the emotions and actions (sometimes heartbreaking) of the characters brought back feelings and memories. The writing is outstanding, there are spots of humor, but mostly this lets us into the all too real lives and minds of women in different stages of their lives.