How to Get Along Without Me

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span><i>How to Get Along Without Me</i></span><span> is a collection that summons the perversity and poignance of twentysomething dating lives from a bracingly wry and honest new literary voice.</span> </b>In a world designed for couples the protagonists of these interconnected stories have easy access to acquaintances with benefits but no paths to emotional intimacy.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Surprising funny and painfully true. <i>How to Get Along Without Me </i>is an anthropological account of dating a catalogue of shitheads a love letter to grandparents and a reminder that those years of flailing in love and failing to launch are ‘taut with possibility.' <span> </span><span><b>-Christine Smallwood author of <i>The Life of the Mind </i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>“Viciously funny and unashamedly sexy stories that plumb the loneliness of desire from first swipe to coupledom."  <span><b>—Danielle Lazarin author of <i>Back Talk</i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>“The stories in <i>How to Get Along Without Me</i> are wary and beautiful savage and true. Kate Axelrod has given us a book that is both modern and timeless.” <span><b>—Lindsay Hunter author of <i>Hot Springs Drive</i></b></span></p><p dir=ltr>“The perfect stories for reanimating your soul when you’ve gone numb online but still yearn to engage with the human condition.” <span><b>—Elisa Albert Author of <i>Human Blues</i></b></span></p><p>“Axelrod’s prose is careful intelligent and contemplative...” <span><b><i>—Publishers Weekly</i></b></span></p>