Although she is best known for her novels, Ann Beattie has written dozens of short stories. Some of those stories are collected in Where You'll Find Me and Other Stories (originally published in 1976, but reissued in 2002). Many of the people in Beattie's collection were born in the 1960s or 1970s and are struggling to cope with life and the sadness that invariably comes with it. Some stories, for example, follow a woman who has had her heart broken; others follow men looking for love.
When it was released, Where You'll Find Me received positive reviews. The LA Times, for example, loved the book. In their review, they wrote that "With charm, range and insight, Beattie gives us intimacy and uneasy confessions, and a wonderfully sardonic 11-year-old girl. As before, when Beattie's characters say something, it is not dialogue, but speech --the way people really sound. And, as in all of her work, there are precise images and associations."
