Phantom Love | Some Good Books

Synopsis:

Lisa Taddeo, the award-winning author of Three Women, presents an electrifying collection of nine fearless and fierce stories. Behind anonymous screens, an army of beautiful and efficient girls run the dating app Phantom Lover, a kind of love office that does more than just provide advice to its clients. At a star-studded political fundraiser held at a Los Angeles mansion, three women vie to win the heart of the elusive guest of honor. In a tense hospital waiting room, two inseparable friends crash into the responsibilities of real life, but the magic of their glory days revives when they least expect it. In these nine fascinating stories ― including two Pushcart Prize winners and a National Magazine Award finalist ― Lisa Taddeo brings to life the fever of obsession, the blindness of love, and the pain of the wounds inflicted by men.

Author Biography:

Lisa Taddeo is a two-time Pushcart Prize winner (2017 and 2019) and a Saul Bellow Fellow at Boston University for her MFA in Fiction. Her fiction has appeared in Granta, The Sewanee Review, CQR, Notre Dame Review, NER, The Sun Magazine, and Esquire Magazine, among others. She has also contributed to New York Magazine, Elle Magazine, The New York Observer, Glamour Magazine, and The Sun Magazine. She has recently been awarded the William Holodnok Prize for Fiction and the Florence Engel Randall Prize for Fiction. Her first book, Three Women, was a number one on the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller lists, and was selected as Foyles’ nonfiction book of the year.