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A Novel in Stories
by Kate Walbert
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by Louise Dean
Published Jan 2007
Read ReviewsTwo couples meet in a luxurious Caribbean resort - one pair older, the other younger. As their paths cross during the week, each couple struggles with what has been keeping them apart.
by Stephanie Kallos
Published Sep 2005
Read ReviewsFunny, heartbreaking, and alive with a potpourri of eccentric and irresistible characters, Broken for You is a testament to the saving graces of surrogate families, and shows how far the tiniest repair jobs can go in righting the worlds wrongs.
by Lara Vapnyar
Published Dec 2004
Read ReviewsAdept at both snapshots and long exposures, Lara Vapnyar writes of life's adventures and possibilities, its disappointments and unexpected turns, with delicate humor, brilliant timing, and striking emotional honesty.
by Keith Maillard
Published Sep 2001
Read ReviewsGloria has everything except what she wants. A vivid portrayal of the class structure of America in the 1950s and of the assumptions concerning gender that underlay society. It is about friendship, loyalty, sexuality, and love, and the dynamics of Gloria's family.
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