Secret Lives: StoriesCatherine Browder’s second story collection is characterized by the striking range of narrative voices she brings to bear--from that of a bilingual Hispanic social worker, to an immigrant Russian Jewish chemical engineer, to a young Japanese immigrant, to an American woman living in Japan. In "Silver Maple,” a sheriff’s wife is jailed for threatening a city work crew preparing to cut down her beloved map≤ in "Pizza Man,” a Ukrainian emigré learns the hard way about the perils of his new delivery job; in "Fusada the Archer,” a tall, blonde American woman married to a Japanese businessman has apprenticed herself to a traditional archer; and in "Amnesty,” a Mexican-American social worker is unable to maintain a professional distance from two young Mexican brothers seeking asylum. |
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... floor of a martial arts dojo when I first met him . They taught kendo and judo upstairs . It was really like a community recreation hall or a YMCA . They even had a basketball court in the basement and a Little League baseball diamond ...
... floor of a martial arts dojo when I first met him . They taught kendo and judo upstairs . It was really like a community recreation hall or a YMCA . They even had a basketball court in the basement and a Little League baseball diamond ...
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... floor of an old brick church building , up steep and dirty marble stairs . Sometimes his feet stuck to the floor . Mischa and his wife had already reached the third floor , and Vladimir saw them speaking with the teacher , a tall young ...
... floor of an old brick church building , up steep and dirty marble stairs . Sometimes his feet stuck to the floor . Mischa and his wife had already reached the third floor , and Vladimir saw them speaking with the teacher , a tall young ...
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... floor in the hall , the very hanger that had held my winter jack- et before the man threw it over my head . When I finished with the facts and moved on to speculation , Nick gave me a funny look . There was a flare to his nostrils , a ...
... floor in the hall , the very hanger that had held my winter jack- et before the man threw it over my head . When I finished with the facts and moved on to speculation , Nick gave me a funny look . There was a flare to his nostrils , a ...
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