Shields's quirky humour and love of oddballs shines through in the title story, when X slips into his wife's lace-trimmed nightgown and waltzes around his bedroom; Tamara puts on a yellow skirt and is transformed from a dull receptionist into a stunning, passionate woman.
Shields explores how every-day routine makes life worth living in Weather, when life is thrown into chaos as the National Association of Meteorologists goes on strike. However, despite some fine writing, the stories fail to live up to what one might expect from the author of Larry's Party.
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