Amy Bloom
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young woman is haunted by her rommate's murder; a man and his daughter-in-law confess their sins in the unlikeliest of places. In one quartet of interlocking stories, two middle-aged friends, married to others, find themselves surprisingly drawn to each other, risking all while never underestimating the cost"--Container.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little Sweet Potato rolls away from his patch and sets out in search of a home, but when he encounters mean plants and flowers, Little Sweet Potato begins to wonder if he is too lumpy and bumpy to belong anywhere.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A posthumous and definitive collection of new and selected stories by "virtuoso of the short story" (Esquire) and National Book Award finalist Thom Jones. This scorching collection from award-winning author Thom Jones features his best new short fiction alongside a selection of outstanding stories from three previous books. Jones's stories are full of high-octane, prose-drunk entertainment. His characters are grifters and drifters, rogues and ne'er-do-wells,...