New Yorker Fiction Review #212: "The Rise and Rise of Annie Clark" by John L'Heureux

Review of a short story from the Oct. 8, 2018 issue of The New Yorker...

Lots of people occasionally struggle with the ordinariness of daily life, a feeling of being unappreciated, or feeling like the entire course of their life has gone wrong at some point and wanting to completely change things or escape. I mean....so I'm told.

Anyway, it takes a pretty skilled writer to make that kind of inner struggle seem interesting, relatable, and even funny, and do that in a short story. John L'Heureux does it here with "The Rise and Rise of Annie Clark."

Haven't read anything by this guy since back in Sept. 2016 and apparently he had two stories in The New Yorker this year, the other one of which I haven't gotten around to reading yet cause I'm so far behind.