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	This is How We Leave 4.70 avg rating — 47 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Neglected Gods 4.70 avg rating — 23 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There's a Dragon In My Wagon 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Popcorn Popper 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Witches' Little Sister by JoAnne Nelson (Goodreads Author), Jack McLellan (Illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Scattered Light, Martha Engber’s well-researched follow up to Winter Light continues the story of Mary Donahue. Mary has grown up and is doing just fine—keeping busy trying to make partner at her law firm as well as stay ahead of her haunting childho ...more
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Linda Michel-Cassidy’s debut collection of short stories, When We Were Hardcore, shimmers with landscapes as fully developed and alive as her characters. How the land we come from affects us, even creates us, is a central theme in many of these stori ...more
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Jennifer Lang’s Landed: A Yogi’s Memoir in Pieces & Poses follows Lang’s journey as she and her family return to Israel to finish raising and launching their children after years of living in the states. Lang’s narrative is one of short chapters and ...more
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Kim Suhr’s second collection of stories is the perfectly titled, Close Call. Her characters routinely knock on the door of bad choices and invite themselves into all sorts of trouble. Suhr’s ability to let her characters find their own way through th ...more
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