by Amy Hempel (Author)

The author of "At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom" presents a "tough-minded, original, an fully felt" (Sheila Ballantyne) collection of stories that "approach the usual cliches of real life and fiction at an unexpectedly oblique angle. And they do so with amazing force" ("Wall Street Journal"). *Lightning Print On Demand Title

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Hempel's now-classic collection of short fiction is peopled by complex characters who have discovered that their safety nets are not dependable and who must now learn to balance on the threads of wit, irony, and spirit.

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