Twenty-three of Updike's short stories, dealing with such problems as divorce and remarriage, extinct mammals, prostitution, and parents and children.

A collection of 14 short stories.

Children from countries all around the world give brief descriptions of their lives.

In this book, the author, a sociologist examines the exits we make in our lives: exits big and small, extraordinary and ordinary, ritualized and unceremonious, quick and protracted, painful and liberating. Exits are braided into the arc of our individual development and laced into our intergenerational relationships, shaped by economic crisis, global mobility, and technological innovations. But even though exits are all around us, we tend to diminish...

Introduces the concept to have good manners is to do and say only what makes people feel good and comfortable.