A collection of whimsical interconnected short stories chronicles the mishaps and misadventures of Eleanor Stoddard as she desperately struggles to lead an exemplary life, despite the way
things keep going awry, in such tales as 'Port de Bras,' 'Salve Regina,' 'The Case of the Disappearing Ingenue,' and the Pushcart Prize-winning 'Funktionslust.' Reprint. 15,000 first printing.