Anagrams

By Lorrie Moor

Author• Marie Lorena Moore

• Born January 13, 1957

• American fiction writer

• known mainly for humorous and short stories

• stories, novels, children’s books

Popular books

• Short stories – Self- Help, Like Life, Birds of America

• Novels – Anagrams, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?, A Gate at the Stars

• Children’s book – The Forgotten Helper

What I readANAGRAMS:• Collection of short stories

• 5 chapters

• Characters : Benna Carpenter, Gerard, Eleanor, George (Georgianne), Darrel (Benna’s poetry student)

• Names always Gerard, Benna, always live in the same place

• Central characters are unrelated from one chapter to the next

1st chapter• Benna – singer at locan nightclub

• Gerard – teaches pre-school aerobics

• They love eachothers, but don’t live together

• Live in Fitchville ( always )

• Gerard truly loves Benna

Chapter 2• Benna has a breast cancer• • She works now as aerobic instructor

• Gerard composes operas

• Benna is the one who loves Gerard

• Gerard is reluctant

• Benna was pregnant