17565. CRASH DIET BY JILL MCCORKLE. This paper presents a largely favorable review of McCorkle’s collection of short stories about an assortment of “everyday” women and girls. The author’s style is praised as is her skill at characterization, although a number of stories are faulted as lacking emotional power despite their technical perfection. KEYWORDS: book review fiction short stories women. Written 2005. MLA Style. 6 pages, 14 footnotes, 1 bibliographic source. 1,432 words.