What Was Mine: & Other StoriesA collection of short fiction, twelve works in all, including two never-before-published novellas. Here are disconnected marriages and uneasy reunions, nostalgic reminiscences and sudden epiphanies--a remarkable and moving collage of contemporary lives. |
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... sure they later regret. Still, I sense great loyalty between them. The last time the whole family was here was for our fortieth wedding anniversary. The TV ran night and day, and no one could keep on top of the chaos in the kitchen ...
... sure they later regret. Still, I sense great loyalty between them. The last time the whole family was here was for our fortieth wedding anniversary. The TV ran night and day, and no one could keep on top of the chaos in the kitchen ...
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... on the front of the book because I had some sense of how I wanted it to begin, and then I filled the back of the book, because I found the perfect leaf to end with, but I wasn't sure about the rest. I thought there might be some.
... on the front of the book because I had some sense of how I wanted it to begin, and then I filled the back of the book, because I found the perfect leaf to end with, but I wasn't sure about the rest. I thought there might be some.
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& Other Stories Ann Beattie. sure about the rest. I thought there might be some particularly unusual leaves, if I went far enough afield. So yesterday I drove out to the woods in Batesville, to look. If I'd been looking for birds, there ...
& Other Stories Ann Beattie. sure about the rest. I thought there might be some particularly unusual leaves, if I went far enough afield. So yesterday I drove out to the woods in Batesville, to look. If I'd been looking for birds, there ...
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... sure he did it on purpose?” she said. “You love to blame me for not understanding simple things,” he said, “and here is a perfect example of understanding a simple thing. I have put two and two together: they flirt with my wife and then ...
... sure he did it on purpose?” she said. “You love to blame me for not understanding simple things,” he said, “and here is a perfect example of understanding a simple thing. I have put two and two together: they flirt with my wife and then ...
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