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Stories
by Alice Munro
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by Joan Silber
Published Jun 2022
Read ReviewsWhen a man discovers his father in New York has long had another, secret, family - a wife and two kids - the interlocking fates of both families lead to surprise loyalties, love triangles, and a reservoir of inner strength.
by Megan Mayhew Bergman
Published Nov 2012
Read ReviewsA heartwarming and hugely appealing debut collection that explores the way our choices and relationships are shaped by the menace and beauty of the natural world.
by Thomas Lynch
Published Feb 2011
Read ReviewsHeart-rending stories of life and death: a debut fiction collection by the award-winning author of The Undertaking.
Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing
by Lydia Peelle
Published Aug 2009
Read ReviewsIn Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing, Lydia Peelle brings together eight brilliant storiestwo of which won Pushcart Prizes and one of which won an O. Henry Prizethat peer straight into the human heart.
by Simon Van Booy
Published May 2009
Read ReviewsOn the verge of giving upanchored to dreams that never came true and to people who have long since disappeared from their livesVan Booy's characters walk the streets of these stark and beautiful stories until chance meetings with strangers force them to face responsibility for lives they thought had continued on without them.
by Carol Shields
Published May 2003
Read ReviewsA harrowing but ultimately consoling story of one family's anguish and healing.
by Lorrie Moore
Published Sep 1999
Read ReviewsExplores the personal and the universal, the idiosyncratic and the mundane, with all the wit, brio, and verve that have made her one of the best storytellers of our time.
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