''Confessions of a Falling Woman and Other Stories'' is a 2008

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collection by Debra Dean. It is a 2009 Paterson Fiction Prize winner, and was on the longlist of the 2008 Florida Book Awards.

Reception

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'' review of ''Confessions of a Falling Woman'' wrote "While Dean alternates between male and female narrators, there is an uncomfortable sameness." but concluded "...in these controlled, purposeful, slightly mocking stories, Dean vividly illuminates the present too." The ''

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'' wrote "She (Dean) knows the frailties and egocentricities of her thespian subjects well - and writes about them with wry eloquence." ''Confessions of a Falling Woman'' has also been reviewed by ''

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Library holdings of ''Confessions of a Falling Woman''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Confessions of a Falling Woman and Other Stories 2008 short story collections American short story collections