A Selfie as Big as the Ritz: Stories

Name: A Selfie as Big as the Ritz: Stories
Price: 11.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.2 (20 reviews)
Author: Lara Williams

by Lara Williams

Contemporary Fiction Literary Fiction

3.2 (20)

202 pages~3.4 hr readPublished by Flatiron Books

$11.9933% off peak

Last checked: Apr 15, 2026

Price history: $0.50 – $17.99

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Perfect for you if...

You're navigating your late twenties or early thirties and recognize yourself in the gap between what you thought your life would look like and what it actually is.
You appreciate stories that capture the specific comedy and sadness of modern female friendships, relationships, and the small humiliations of adulthood.
You want short fiction that's unsentimental but genuinely kind to its characters, written with sharp wit and real emotional weight.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer stories with clear resolutions and characters who learn decisive lessons by the end.
You're looking for escapist fiction or uplifting narratives about women finding themselves.
You're uncomfortable with stories that sit with loneliness, sexual awkwardness, or the messy reality of relationships without tying them up neatly.

About this book

A Selfie as Big as the Ritz is a story collection by Lara Williams featuring women navigating the years between their early twenties and middle age. The stories explore moments of personal transition and emotional complexity. In the title story, a relationship ends against the backdrop of Paris. "One of Those Life Things" follows a young woman trying to find the right words at her best friend's abortion. "Penguins" depicts a girlfriend confronting her boyfriend's unusual sexual fantasy. "Treats" centers on a single woman processing her loneliness. Throughout the collection, Williams' characters work to maintain relationships, pursue love, sustain family bonds, manage solitude, and create meaningful lives. They experience shifts between expectation and resignation, excitement and sadness, capturing the emotional ups and downs of this life stage.

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Currently on sale at $11.99 — 33% off peak. Price has dropped 7 times over the last 6 years. Goes on sale roughly every 313 days. Typically stays discounted for 53 days.

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Currently around #2,740K in the Kindle store — a niche title. Climbing the charts — 22% improvement recently.

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Currently 3.2★ from 20 reviews

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