“These gems are written by a master craftswoman. Each story deserves savoring, as melancholy and humor work beautifully together in this artful collection.” – The Boston Globe

From tennis shoes to high heels to slippers, our shoes say something about us.  In Going Away Shoes, Jill McCorkle explores how the women in those shoes pull themselves up and keep on moving forward.  You can step into our Jill McCorkle Lucky 7 e-books for only $1.99 through October 31. Plus you get a bonus — a FREE sneak peek of Jill’s upcoming novel, Life After Life! Your e-book of Going Away Shoes includes a chapter of the new novel.

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The foibles of the people in Jill McCorkle’s world are so familiar that we want nothing so much as to watch them walk into—and then get out of—life’s inevitable traps.

Here, in her first collection in eight years, McCorkle collects eleven brand-new stories bristling with her characteristic combination of wit and weight.

In honeymoon shoes, mud-covered hunting boots, or glass slippers, all of the women in these stories march to a place of new awareness, in one way or another, transforming their lives. They make mistakes, but they don’t waste time hiding behind them. They move on. They are strong. And they’re funny, even when they are sad.

These stories are the work of a great storyteller who knows exactly how—and why—to pair pain with laughter.

“McCorkle is an expert at engineering catharsis through good salty rants, but the best thing about these stories is the sense of romance and wonder in long-overdue journeys of self-discovery.”– New York Times Book Review