Twelve stories of hope, joy, and endurance, exploring the twin themes of family ties and the life choices one must ultimately make alone.
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Author: Kingsolver, BarbaraSummary:
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Author: Boyko, C.P.Summary:
Psychologists are people we love to hate. At best, they're compassionate detectives of the human soul, healers and diagnosticians, assessing the internal machinations that structure our lives and...
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Author: Clark, TrevorSummary:
From the author of the novels Love on the Killing Floor and Dragging the River, Trevor Clark’s new collection of stories covers broad territory, from an addict’s confessions to the corruption of...
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Author: Karasik, DanielSummary:
A boy finds a vocation as a weaver of bread. A Russian woman, thought dead, e-mails greetings to her adolescent sister in a Canadian suburb. An investment banker vanishes and is found fifteen...
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Author: See, AnikSummary:
"A high school math teacher drifts from a moored boat to a downtown trance club, while negotiating her problematic relationship with an alcoholic older brother. A displaced Toronto book designer...
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Author: Tihanyi, EvaSummary:
In the thirteen stories that comprise Truth and Other Fictions, by Eva Tihanyi, women take centre stage as they experience the slippery relationship between art and truth, not merely as...
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Author: GRIMM, Jacob and WilhelmSummary:
Snowdrop; The Pink; Briar Rose; The Jew among the Thorns; Ashenputtel; The White Snake; The Wolf and the Seven Kids; The Queen Bee; The Elves and the Shoemaker; The Wolf and the Man; The Turnip;...
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Author: Buckley, MichaelSummary:
Fairy-tale detectives Sabrina and Daphne Grimm face their first case without Granny Relda's help when the future gets mixed up with the past in Ferryport Landing, and because some of the future...
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Author: Platonov, Andreĭ PlatonovichSummary:
The Soviet writer Andrey Platonov saw much of his work suppressed or censored in his lifetime. In recent decades, however, these lost works have reemerged, and the eerie poetry and poignant...
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Author: Heyer, GeorgetteSummary:
"Sparkles with wit." -NORA ROBERTS, #1 New York Times bestselling author Delightful, glittering, timeless romance for your holiday season. The Queen of Regency Romance, Georgette Heyer, shines in...
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Author: Kilmer, JoyceSummary:
Includes: The twelve-forty-five -- Pennies -- Trees -- Stars -- Old poets -- Delicatessen -- Servant girl and grocer's boy -- Wealth -- Martin -- The apartment house -- As winds that...
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Author: Pearlman, EdithSummary:
Fifteen stories. They include The Cook, which deals with abandoned children being used as donors for body organs, and To Reach This Season, in which a homosexual adopts a boy from the Third World...
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Author: Bezmozgis, DavidSummary:
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Author: Thoreau, Henry DavidSummary:
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Author: Kincy, KarenSummary:
Gwen Williams has been hiding a strange and fantastic secret: she's a shapeshifter. Although society may tolerate vampires, centaurs, and "Others" like Gwen, there are plenty of folks in her small...