Safety of Objects

<b>The breakthrough story collection that established A. M. Homes as one of the most daring writers of her generation</b><p></p><p>Originally published in 1990 to wide critical acclaim this extraordinary first collection of stories by A. M. Homes confronts the real and the surreal on even terms to create a disturbing and sometimes hilarious vision of the American dream. Included here are Adults Alone in which a couple drops their kids off at Grandma's and gives themselves over to ten days of Nintendo porn videos and crack; A Real Doll in which a girl's blond Barbie doll seduces her teenaged brother; and Looking for Johnny in which a kidnapped boy having failed to meet his abductor's expectations is returned home. These stories by turns satirical perverse unsettling and utterly believable expose the dangers of ordinary life even as their characters stay hidden behind the disguises they have so carefully created.</p>