Erin McGraws fiction has been hailed as graceful . . . gratifyingly substantial (New York Times Book Review) and brilliant... [shes] a writer to watch (Los Angeles Times). Wry but poignant, this collection brims with priceless insights and fresh descriptions. The Good Life features characters battling daily demons of envy, fear, and disillusionment while somehow maintaining an abiding optimism. Here are characters trying to weather the confounding people of the world--the chronically successful, the lucky in love, the athletically gifted--characters clinging to their cynicism while admitting that real hope and passion demand a suspension of skepticism. Erin McGraw writes with charm and sweet irony, and this collection is impossible to put down.