The Most of It

By Mary Ruefle Description Reviews This title is no longer available. Delectable fables with questionable morals—sweet and sharp and over too soon. These thirty stories deliver the soft touch and the sucker punch with stunning aplomb. Ducks, physicists, detectives, and the New York Times all make appearances. *E-book available on Amazon, Kobo, Scribd, and elsewhere. By turns droll, witty, heartfelt, and fanciful the pieces in The Most of It, whatever you choose to call them, offer something for every taste and temperament, which seems only fitting for a book that is dedicated “TO YOU.”Kathleen Rooney, Boston Review Ruefle...has created in The Most Of It a deceptively complicated collection of episodes easy to get into, and precisely captivating.Ellen Wernecke, Onion AV ClubThis collection showcases Ruefle’s considerable lyrical powers and memorable flights of fancy.Publishers WeeklyWhat makes this so funny is that the obviously insane theme is presented deadpan, as an essa