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Rhoda's reveling in her childhood and infinite possibility in "The Tree Fort" and "The Time Capsule" is juxtaposed with her darker adulthood in "Mexico." Nora Jane returns alongside Lin Tan Sing, a Chinese medical student, and geneticist who predicts the birth of her twins in a later story.
Fans of Gilchrist won't want to miss the author's exploration of the many stages of life and the lightness and darkness each can bring.
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Originally published in 1984, this collection of 14 short stories set in Arkansas and Mississippi went on to win that year's National Book Award for fiction, confirming Ellen Gilchrist's place as one of the preeminent literary talents of her generation. Victory Over Japan takes us into the lives of an unforgettable group of Southern women - beautiful, complicated, enchanting, and sometimes dangerous - in and out of bars, marriages, divorces, lovers'...
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Ellen Gilchrist proves herself once again to be a master of the intertwining tale in this collection of stories following the lives of different members of a Mississippi social elite, humorously nicknamed "The Cabal." In the novella that inspired the collection's title, the most powerful person in a room is the one who has been trusted with all of its secrets. This has made psychotherapist, Jim Jaspers', recent bizarre behavior not just worrying,...
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An indomitable cast of characters comes alive in this collection of shorts and a novella from acclaimed author Ellen Gilchrist. The unsinkable Nora Jane Whittington returns in "Nora Jane and Company," now married and the mother of twins. But when a chance encounter between her husband and an old boyfriend leads to disaster, a pro-life protest turns deadly, and a camping trip proves nearly fatal, she'll have to survive quite a lot to protect her happy...
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In the Land of Dreamy Dreams, Ellen Gilchrist's acclaimed 1981 debut collection of short stories, introduced readers to a remarkable Southern voice which has sustained its power and influence through her more than 20 subsequent books. Gilchrist has a distinctive ear for language, and a deep understanding of her flawed, sometimes tragic characters. These fourteen stories, divided into three sections -- There's a Garden of Eden, Things Like the Truth,...
6) Acts of God
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"The stories in Acts of God are great postcards from the world of Ellen Gilchrist. It's a world of war and strife and surprises, and it is, yes, marvelous to behold." -The New York Times Book Review
Celebrated short story writer Ellen Gilchrist, winner of the National Book Award for Victory Over Japan, returns with her first collection in more than eight years. In Acts of God, she has created ten diverse scenarios populated by characters dealing...
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The Southern author humorously explores themes of marriage, love, gender, race, age, and more in eighteen short stories.
Unplanned pregnancy, born-again Christianity, and strained sibling relationships are explored through precocious sixteen-year-old narrator Aurora Harris in "The Triumph of Reason," "Have a Wonderful Nice Walk," and "Witness to the Crucifixion." Crystal and her housekeeper Traceleen feel the straining of family ties and the force...
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