"Amanda tried writing a card or something. She wrote that she and her fiancé had decided not to marry. Then she wrote that her fiancé had decided not to marry her. She said that she was sorry for any inconvenience. She added that she would appreciate gifts anyway."

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Allegra Goodman: “La Vita Nuova” : The New Yorker

Hits the ‘Lorrie Moore’ side of spurned-romance writing.