Cooper, Desiree
Summary: "In Know the Mother, author Desiree Cooper explores the complex archetype of the mother in all of her incarnations. In a collage of meditative stories, women find themselves wedged between their own yearnings and their roles as daughters, sisters, grandmothers, and wives. ... With her lyrical and carefully crafted prose, Cooper's stories provide truths without sermon and invite empathy without...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Cooper 2016Driscoll, Jack
Summary: Ten stories mostly set in Michigan's northern lower peninsula, a landscape as gorgeous as it is severe. If at times the situations in these stories appear hopeless, the characters nonetheless, and even against seemingly impossible odds, dare to hope. These fictional individuals are so compassionately rendered that they can hardly help but be, in the hands of this writer, not only redeemed but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DRIFordon, Kelly
Summary: If you thought the suburbs were boring, think again. Kelly Fordon's I Have the Answer artfully mixes the fabulist with the workaday and illuminates relationships and characters with crisp, elegant prose and dark wit. The stories in Fordon's latest collection are disquieting, humorous, and thought-provoking. They might catch you off guard, but are always infused with deep humanity and tenderness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2020
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FORDriscoll, Jack
Summary: A collection of ten short stories from American author Jack Driscoll, focusing on home life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DRIFordon, Kelly
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014