Reasons to Live (1985) by Amy Hempel is a collection of short short stories. Hempel's narrative voices offer wry, pithy observations that are both intriguing and disturbing.
Housekeeping (1970), by Marilynne Robinson, is a novel about a family of four women. Robin-son's prose captures the pace of rural life and.....
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