Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
A young engaged couple must contend with interfering relatives who decide how many ritual goat sacrifices should be performed for their wedding. A lonesome couple who commutes alone in silence on the metro for all time, never making the desired connection. A struggling worker at a theme park dedicated to American presidents learns that love cannot be genetically altered. Also included are another fifteen stories that combine humour, love, whimsy, cultural commentary, and intense emotional vulnerability.
Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
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Remember when the semester wasn’t over but you had finished all of your exams? and to commemorate making it through another year, you went out with friends. When you turned to look at your companion, they gave you a glance. Summer was going to be fantastic. Man, we are never single at the same time, you thought, but then your girlfriend asked to dance, her boyfriend showed up with a pitcher, and you decided to screw it.
The following year, you had a job and she was working hard to secure an internship. Before you knew it, you had graduated, your boss was a jerk, and you hadn’t seen her until the new year when it was awkward to talk about anything because she had recently lost her grandma and was sobbing. She opted to spend a year teaching English in Japan, and you attempted to stay in touch, but your boss was just such a jerk. You then started dating again, and you had completely forgotten about her until you read this book.
The stories differ in terms of tone, style, organization, and message, but they are all filled with witty language that makes reading seem effortless. Many of the short stories have a magic realism subtext that changes the worlds into intriguing new settings, yet the shrill choruses, opposing doors, and presidential chimaera never overshadow the piece’s heart and strength.
