A respected and honored writer in a variety of genres, Lore Segal is beginning to get the wider recognition that she deserves. Much of her work is informed by her experiences as a refugee from Nazi-occupied Austria, one of the first children sent to England as part of the Kindertransport. The title of her first book, OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES, indicates her sense of never fully being at home. In fictional works such as HER FIRST AMERICAN, SHAKESPEARE'S KITCHEN and HALF THE KINGDOM, as well as many pieces of nonfiction, Segal showed both wit and wisdom in bringing readers into her unique worldview. Hers was a long and fruitful career, demonstrated perhaps most clearly in the collection THE JOURNAL I DID NOT KEEP, published as she turned 90.

Books by Lore Segal

Still Talking: Stories

by Lore Segal - Fiction, Humor, Women's Fiction

Lore Segal is a master of the short story, and this collection shows her in peak form. Profound, dark and often hilarious, Segal portrays her characters foibles, eccentricities and passions with great compassion and exactness, as they grapple with life, aging and each other. Readers of LADIES' LUNCH will recognize the educated, urbane nonagenarian women who have been friends for a lifetime, as they tackle aging’s affronts with wit, grace and resourcefulness.