Damage Control

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2013. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover large octavo in teal DJ. 294 pages; 22 cm Very mild bumps to corners and head of spine. Fine in fine DJ. . Hardcover. ISBN: 9780312642815

"New York Times Bestselling Author of The Starboard Sea"-front of DJ. Contents: Lyndon -- Damage control -- The order -- A splendid wife -- Stella at the winter palace -- The language of martyrs -- Number one tuna -- Assembling the troops -- Merchants -- Sorry, you are not a winner -- Afternoons in the museum of childhood -- Notes toward an anatomy of pain -- The master of novices -- Camp. Abstract: Damage Control displays Amber Dermont's remarkable gift for portraying characters at crossroads. In "Lyndon," a daughter visits presidential landmarks following the death of her father. In "Damage Control," a young man works at an etiquette school while his girlfriend is indicted for embezzlement. A widow rents herself to elderly women and vacations with them as a "professional grandchild" in "Stella at the Winter Palace." And in "The Language of Martyrs" a couple houses a mail order bride on behalf of the husband's Russian mother. Short stories, American. Interpersonal relations. Self-realization -- Fiction.