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  • THE MELTING POT
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    THE MELTING POT
    LYNNE SHARON SCHWARTZ
    A dynamic collection of stories that portrays different generations and explores various genres with compassion and dry wit In The Melting Pot, nothing is ever what it seems. In these short stories from critically acclaimed author Lynne Sharon Schwartz, characters grapple with the desires and needs of daily life, no matter how absurd or mundane. In the title story, a woman fina...

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  • REFERRED PAIN
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    REFERRED PAIN
    LYNNE SHARON SCHWARTZ
    Everyone has a face that they show to the outside world—but our thoughts, fears, and perversions lie just beneath "Referred pain" describes the sensation of pain, not at the actual point of injury, but somewhere else in the body. This disorientation of the senses is felt, in one way or another, by many of the characters in this collection from Lynne Sharon Schwartz, one of Amer...

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  • ROUGH STRIFE
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    ROUGH STRIFE
    LYNNE SHARON SCHWARTZ
    The arithmetic of marriage is never easy to understand—as time passes, the variables constantly change Caroline is set adrift in 1950s Rome when she meets Ivan. Though things start slowly, Ivan wins her over after a strong pursuit, and the two marry, agreeing never to inflict any "irreparable wounds." But though Ivan proves to be a fine father, he is a distant husband, and Caro...

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  • THE WRITING ON THE WALL
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    THE WRITING ON THE WALL
    LYNNE SHARON SCHWARTZ
    The emotionally realistic and elegant portrait of mourning in the days and months following 9/11 As Renata, a linguist for the New York City Public Library, crosses the Brooklyn Bridge on her way to work one morning, she looks up to see a flash of orange and blue. Two planes have hit the World Trade Center, and with that, her world changes entirely.   Renata's connection to the...

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  • ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT
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    ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT
    LYNNE SHARON SCHWARTZ
    A rich and diverse collection of stories detailing life in all its daily battles and yearnings Lynne Sharon Schwartz is a master of tone, deft at creating realistic settings and characters. In Acquainted with the Night, she unleashes sixteen wickedly smart, wholly believable short stories. In the title story, for instance, a man's nocturnal battle against a floating globule in ...

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  • DISTURBANCES IN THE FIELD
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    DISTURBANCES IN THE FIELD
    LYNNE SHARON SCHWARTZ
    "A more-than-welcome return to a classic idea of the novel . . . A wonder to read" ( Los Angeles Times Book Review).   The field is all around us. It's our needs and our wants. This is what George tells Lydia. A disturbance, however, is something that keeps us from grasping and attaining the things we need. Usually, we can adapt to these disturbances and move forward. But, what...

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  • TRUTHTELLING
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    TRUTHTELLING
    LYNNE SHARON SCHWARTZ
    "A grab bag of realist and experimental stories, each one a treasure . . . Wise, wry, and witty—theses stories in all their stylistic variations are perfect." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review   A man generously lends his car to his ex-wife, and is bewildered when she not only neglects to return it but makes increasingly implausible excuses for her actions. A neat and orderly cl...

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  • FACE TO FACE
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    FACE TO FACE
    LYNNE SHARON SCHWARTZ
    With a reader's perspective and a master writer's skill, critically acclaimed novelist Lynne Sharon Schwartz takes on the world at large Communication, while essential, is almost impossible to maintain perfectly—a truism Lynne Sharon Schwartz demonstrates in this stunning essay collection. In one section, she discovers that one typo could completely derail a project while trans...

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  • BALANCING ACTS
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    BALANCING ACTS
    LYNNE SHARON SCHWARTZ
    Retirement doesn't spell the end after all, in this rousing journey through loss and rebirth Max has lived a long and fulfilling life. He and his wife were star trapeze artists and acrobats in the Brandon Brothers circus. But with her passing, he's left alone in New York, and suffers a heart attack after a terrifying mugging. Without family to fall back on, Max is forced to lea...

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