| Preferred Title |
Short stories. Selections
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| Note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction / by Lauren Groff -- The earliest dreams -- The double house -- Midsummer -- To the north -- Crimson autumn -- That woman -- A place to hide in -- Book review -- Those are as brothers -- The marching feet -- Sunday -- 1913 -- Who lived and died believing -- Some day I'll find you... -- On the beach -- Inside -- The empress's ring -- The bubble -- Miss August -- How would you like to be born... -- Outside -- A slow boat to China -- Flotsam -- Rich people -- Sunday lunch -- The most elegant drawing room in Europe -- Sources. |
| Summary |
"Haunting, vivid, and wonderfully subversive, Hale's stories typically concern women recognizable to all of us--sometimes fragile, possibly wicked, deceptively ordinary, navigating their way uncertainly through life" -- dust jacket. |
| Subject |
Women -- Fiction.
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Life change events -- Fiction.
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Self-realization in women -- Fiction.
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Short stories, American.
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Short stories. |
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Fiction. |
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Short stories. |
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Short stories. |
| Alt Author |
Groff, Lauren, editor.
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| Standard # |
9781598536423 (hardcover) |
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1598536427 (hardcover) |
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