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Bender, Aimee The Girl in the Flammable Skirt: Stories Anchor 1999 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1152031. ISBN #0385492162 / 9780385492164. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Bender, Aimee The Girl in the Flammable Skirt: Stories Anchor 1999 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1152031. ISBN #0385492162 / 9780385492164. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A grief-stricken librarian decides to have sex with every man who enters her library. A half-mad, unbearably beautiful heiress follows a strange man home, seeking total sexual abandon: He only wants to watch game shows. A woman falls in love with a hunchback; when his deformity turns out to be a prosthesis, she leaves him. A wife whose husband has just returned from the war struggles with the heartrending question: Can she still love a man who has no lips? Aimee Bender's stories portray a world twisted on its axis, a place of unconvention that resembles nothing so much as real life, in all its grotesque, beautiful glory. From the first line of each tale she lets us know she is telling a story, but the moral is never quite what we expect. Bender's prose is glorious: musical and colloquial, inimitable and heartrending. Here are stories of men and women whose lives are shaped--and sometimes twisted--by the power of extraordinary desires, erotic and otherwise. The Girl in the Flammable Skirt is the debut of a major American writer.
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Benedict, Elizabeth Safe Conduct Farrar Straus & Giroux 1993 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1149677. ISBN #0374253412 / 9780374253417. (keywords: Cold War Realtionships Marriage Husbands Wives) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Bengtsson, Jonas T. A Fairy Tale Other Press 2014 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1129946. ISBN #159051694X / 9781590516942. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Bengtsson, Jonas T. A Fairy Tale Other Press 2014 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1129946. ISBN #159051694X / 9781590516942. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In a Europe without borders, where social norms have become fragile, a son must confront the sins of his father and grandfather, and invent new strategies for survival A young boy grows up with a loving father who has little respect for the law. They are always on the run, and as they move from place to place, the boy is often distraught to leave behind new friendships. Because it would be dicey for him to go to school, his anarchistic father gives him an unconventional education intended to contradict as much as possible the teachings of his own father, a preacher and a pervert. Ten years later, when the boy is entering adulthood, with a fake name and a monotonous job, he tries to conform to the demands of ordinary life, but the lessons of the past thwart his efforts, and questions about his father s childhood cannot be left unanswered. Spanning the mid-1980s to early-twenty-first-century in Copenhagen, this coming-of-age novel examines what it means to be a stranger in the modern world, and how, for better or for worse, a father s legacy is never passed on in any predictable fashion.
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Benioff, David City Of Thieves A Plume Book 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1151407. ISBN #0452295297 / 9780452295292. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Benioff, David City Of Thieves A Plume Book 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1151407. ISBN #0452295297 / 9780452295292. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour , a captivating novel about war, courage, survival and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime. During the Nazis brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful Soviet colonel to use in his daughter s wedding cake. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a hunt through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and behind enemy lines to find the impossible. By turns insightful and funny, thrilling and terrifying, City of Thieves is a gripping, cinematic World War II adventure and an intimate coming-of-age story with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys becom
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Benjamin, Chloe The Anatomy of Dreams Atria 2014 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1151991. ISBN #1476761167 / 9781476761169. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Benjamin, Melanie Aviator's Wife Bantam Books 2013 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1147337. ISBN #0345528689 / 9780345528681. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Benjamin, Melanie Aviator's Wife Bantam Books 2013 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1147337. ISBN #0345528689 / 9780345528681. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In the spirit of Loving Frank and The Paris Wife, acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of America s most extraordinary couples: Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The history is exhilarating. . . . The Aviator s Wife soars. USA Today NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER When Anne Morrow, a shy college senior with hidden literary aspirations, travels to Mexico City to spend Christmas with her family, she meets Colonel Charles Lindbergh, fresh off his celebrated 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic. Enthralled by Charles s assurance and fame, Anne is certain the aviator has scarcely noticed her. But she is wrong. Charles sees in Anne a kindred spirit, a fellow adventurer, and her world will be changed forever. The two marry in a headline-making wedding. In the years that follow, Anne becomes the first licensed female glider pilot in the United States. But despite this and other major achievements, she is viewed merely as the aviator s wife. The fairy-tale life she once longed for will bring heartbreak and hardships, ultimately pushing her to reconcile her need for love and her desire for independence, and to embrace, at last, life s infinite possibilities for change and happiness. Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader s Circle for author chats and more. Praise for The Aviator s Wife Remarkable . . . The Aviator s Wife succeeds in putting the reader inside Anne Lindbergh s life with her famous husband. The Denver Post Anne Morrow Lindbergh narrates the story of the Lindberghs troubled marriage in all its triumph and tragedy. USA Today This novel will fascinate history buffs and surprise those who know of her only as the aviator s wife. People It s hard to quit reading this intimate historical fiction. The Dallas Morning News Fictional biography at its finest. Booklist starred review Utterly unforgettable. Publishers Weekly starred review An intimate examination of the life and emotional mettle of Anne Morrow. The Washington Post A story of both triumph and pain that will take your breath away. Kate Alcott, author of The Dressmaker
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Bennett, Robert Jackson American Elsewhere Orbit 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1145202. ISBN #0316200204 / 9780316200202. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Bennett, Robert Jackson American Elsewhere Orbit 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1145202. ISBN #0316200204 / 9780316200202. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Some places are too good to be true. Under a pink moon, there is a perfect little town not found on any map. In that town, there are quiet streets lined with pretty houses, houses that conceal the strangest things. After a couple years of hard traveling, ex-cop Mona Bright inherits her long-dead mother's home in Wink, New Mexico. And the closer Mona gets to her mother's past, the more she understands that the people of Wink are very, very different ... From one of our most talented and original new literary voices comes the next great American supernatural novel: a work that explores the dark dimensions of the hometowns and the neighbors we thought we knew.
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Bentley, Phyllis Sleep in Peace hardcover. First Edition. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082697. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Beowolf; Heaney, Seamus Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition) W. W. Norton & Company 2001 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1152477. ISBN #0393320979 / 9780393320978. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Beowolf; Heaney, Seamus Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition) W. W. Norton & Company 2001 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1152477. ISBN #0393320979 / 9780393320978. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the classic Northern epic of a hero's triumphs as a young warrior and his fated death as a defender of his people. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on, physically and psychically exposed in the exhausted aftermath. It is not hard to draw parallels in this story to the historical curve of consciousness in the twentieth century, but the poem also transcends such considerations, telling us psychological and spiritual truths that are permanent and liberating. In his new translation, Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney has produced a work that is both true, line by line, to the original poem and a fundamental expression of his own creative gift. A New York Times bestseller, winner of the Whitbread Award.
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Beowolf; Heaney, Seamus Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition) W. W. Norton & Company 2001 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1145967. ISBN #0393320979 / 9780393320978. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Beowolf; Heaney, Seamus Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition) W. W. Norton & Company 2001 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1145967. ISBN #0393320979 / 9780393320978. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the classic Northern epic of a hero's triumphs as a young warrior and his fated death as a defender of his people. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on, physically and psychically exposed in the exhausted aftermath. It is not hard to draw parallels in this story to the historical curve of consciousness in the twentieth century, but the poem also transcends such considerations, telling us psychological and spiritual truths that are permanent and liberating. In his new translation, Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney has produced a work that is both true, line by line, to the original poem and a fundamental expression of his own creative gift. A New York Times bestseller, winner of the Whitbread Award.
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BEOWULF, Liuzza, trans Beowulf, Second Edition Broadview 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1152644. ISBN #1554810647 / 9781554810642. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Berdoll, Linda Darcy & Elizabeth: Nights And Days At Pemberley 2006 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1129625. ISBN #1402205635 / 9781402205637. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Berdoll, Linda Darcy & Elizabeth: Nights And Days At Pemberley 2006 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1129625. ISBN #1402205635 / 9781402205637. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Mr. and Mrs. Darcy have an exceedingly passionate marriage in this continuing saga of one of the most exciting, intriguing couples in the Jane Austen Literature. As the Darcy's raise their babies, enjoy their conjugal felicity and manage the great estate of Pemberley, the beloved characters from Jane Austen's original are joined by Linda Berdoll's imaginative new creations for a compelling, sexy and epic story guaranteed to keep you turning the pages and gasping with delight. What people are saying about Mr. Darcy Takes A Wife, the bestselling Pride and Prejudice sequel. "A breezy, satisfying romance." -Chicago Tribune "While there have been other Pride and Prejudice sequels, this one, with its rich character development, has been the most enjoyable." -Library Journal "Wild, bawdy and utterly enjoyable sequel." -Booklist
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Berg, Elizabeth Home Safe Random House 2009 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Remainder Mark. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Remnant of sticker removal. Book #or898938. ISBN #1400065119 / 9781400065110. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Berg, Elizabeth Home Safe 2009 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1109547. ISBN #0345487559 / 9780345487551. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Berg, Elizabeth Home Safe 2009 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1109547. ISBN #0345487559 / 9780345487551. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In this stunning novel, beloved bestselling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit. Helen Ames recently widowed, coping with grief, unable to do the work that has always sustained her is beginning to depend too much on her twenty-seven-year-old daughter, Tessa, meddling in her life and offering unsolicited advice. Then Helen is shocked to discover that her mild-mannered and seemingly loyal husband was apparently leading a double life. When a phone call from a stranger sets Helen on a surprising path of discovery, both mother and daughter reassess what they thought they knew about each other, themselves, and what really makes a home and a fam
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Berg, Elizabeth Home Safe Ballantine Books 2009 paperback. . Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1144486. ISBN #0345487559 / 9780345487551. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Berg, Elizabeth Home Safe Ballantine Books 2009 paperback. . Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1144486. ISBN #0345487559 / 9780345487551. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary In this stunning novel, beloved bestselling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit. Helen Ames recently widowed, coping with grief, unable to do the work that has always sustained her is beginning to depend too much on her twenty-seven-year-old daughter, Tessa, meddling in her life and offering unsolicited advice. Then Helen is shocked to discover that her mild-mannered and seemingly loyal husband was apparently leading a double life. When a phone call from a stranger sets Helen on a surprising path of discovery, both mother and daughter reassess what they thought they knew about each other, themselves, and what really makes a home and a fam
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Berg, Elizabeth Never Change 2001 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1031133. ISBN #0743411323 / 9780743411325. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Berg, Elizabeth Never Change 2001 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1031133. ISBN #0743411323 / 9780743411325. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary You know people like me. I'm the one who sat in a folding chair out in the hall selling tickets to the prom but never going, the one everybody liked but no one wanted to be with. A self-anointed spinster at fifty-one, Myra Lipinsky has endured the isolation of her middle life by doting on her dog, Frank, and immersing herself in her career as a visiting nurse. Myra considers herself reasonably content, telling herself, It's enough, work and Frank. And it has been enough -- until Chip Reardon, the too-good-to-be-true golden boy she adored from afar, is assigned to be her new patient. Choosing to forgo invasive treatment for an incurable illness, Chip has returned from Manhattan to the New England home of his childhood to spend what time he has left. Now, Myra and Chip find themselves engaged in a poingnant redefinition of roles, and a complicated dance of memory, ambivalence, and longing. From the author whose work The New Yorker calls "strong" and "timeless" comes a wry and beautifully distilled portrait of one woman's resilience in the face of loneliness, and of a union that transcends life's most unexpected and challenging circumstances. With effortless warmth, and loving respect for characters that defies easy sentiment, Never Change melds the emotional depth and gentle intensity of poetry with the rich satisfactions of finely wrought fiction.
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Berg, Elizabeth Once Upon a Time, There Was You Ballantine Books 2011 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126274. ISBN #0345517326 / 9780345517326. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Berg, Elizabeth Once Upon a Time, There Was You Ballantine Books 2011 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126274. ISBN #0345517326 / 9780345517326. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Even on their wedding day, John and Irene sensed that they were about to make a mistake. Years later, divorced, dating other people, and living in different parts of the country, they seem to have nothing in common nothing except the most important person in each of their lives: Sadie, their spirited eighteen-year-old daughter. Feeling smothered by Irene and distanced from John, Sadie is growing more and more attached to her new boyfriend, Ron. When tragedy strikes, Irene and John come together to support the daughter they love so dearly. What takes longer is to remember how they really feel about each other. Elizabeth Berg s immense talent shines in this unforgettable novel about the power of love, the unshakeable bonds of family, and the beauty of second chances.
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Berg, Elizabeth Open House Random House 2000 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or875312. ISBN #0375506039 / 9780375506031. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Berg, Elizabeth Open House Random House 2000 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or875312. ISBN #0375506039 / 9780375506031. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In this superb novel by the beloved author of Talk Before Sleep , The Pull of the Moon , and Until the Real Thing Comes Along , a woman re-creates her life after divorce by opening up her house and her heart. Samantha's husband has left her, and after a spree of overcharging at Tiffany's, she settles down to reconstruct a life for herself and her eleven-year-old son. Her eccentric mother tries to help by fixing her up with dates, but a more pressing problem is money. To meet her mortgage payments, Sam decides to take in boarders. The first is an older woman who offers sage advice and sorely needed comfort; the second, a maladjusted student, is not quite so helpful. A new friend, King, an untraditional man, suggests that Samantha get out, get going, get work. But her real work is this: In order to emerge from grief and the past, she has to learn how to make her own happiness. In order to really see people, she has to look within her heart. And in order to know who she is, she has to remember and reclaim the person she used to be, long before she became someone else in an effort to save her marriage. Open House is a love story about what can blossom between a man and a woman, and within a woman herself.
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Berg, Elizabeth Pull Of The Moon Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks 2010 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1147736. ISBN #0345512170 / 9780345512178. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Berg, Elizabeth Pull Of The Moon Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks 2010 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1147736. ISBN #0345512170 / 9780345512178. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In the middle of her life, Nan decides to leave her husband at home and begin an impromptu trek across the country, carrying with her a turquoise leather journal she intends to fill. The Pull of the Moon is a novel about a woman coming to terms with issues of importance to all women. In her journal, Nan addresses the thorniness and the allure of marriage, the sweet ties to children, and the gifts and lessons that come from random encounters with strangers, including a handsome man appearing out of the woods and a lonely housewife sitting on her front porch steps. Most of all, Nan writes about the need for the self to stay alive. In this luminous and exquisitely written novel, Elizabeth Berg shows how sometimes you have to leave your life behind in order to find it.
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Berg, Elizabeth Say When 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1091710. ISBN #0743411374 / 9780743411370. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Berg, Elizabeth Say When 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1091710. ISBN #0743411374 / 9780743411370. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary When is a marriage worth saving and when is it best to let go? When do half-truths turn into full-blown lies? When does betrayal end and passion begin? Say When is a compelling, complex novel that takes readers into the heart of a modern marriage where companionship and intimacy, and denial and pain, so often collide. "Of course he knew she was seeing someone," begins the story of Frank Griffin, a man who's willing to overlook his wife's infidelity -- he would let her have this, this thrilling little romance -- for the sake of keeping his family intact. But when the forty-year-old Ellen requests a divorce on the basis that she has finally found true, romantic love, Griffin must decide whether to fight or flee...or search elsewhere for the kind of life he always dreamed of. With Elizabeth Berg's trademark blend of rare insight, raw emotion, and hard-won wisdom, Say When is a work of startling revelation that no reader will soon forget.
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Berg, Elizabeth Talk Before Sleep 1994 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1091898. ISBN #067943299X / 9780679432999. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Berg, Elizabeth Talk Before Sleep 1994 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1091898. ISBN #067943299X / 9780679432999. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary What do women talk about when they know they don't have forever? They talk about what they have always talked about, only they go deeper and more honest: with outrageous humor they try to mitigate pain. Intimate and uncensored sharing, the kind of connection women prize, is at the heart of this deeply moving novel about the grit and power of female friends. Ann and Ruth have always talked as only great friends can--honestly, and about everything: husbands and marriages, sex lives and children, their work, their hopes, their disappointments, and their dreams. For Ann, cautious and conventional, her closeness to the outspoken and eccentric Ruth brings about discovery and liberation, a chance to say whatever she wants, and, most important, under the insistent tutelage of Ruth, to become herself. Over the years, the women have shared recipes, quilting patterns, child care, delicate and dangerous secrets. Each rests secure in the knowledge that they will be friends forever. Then something happens that will change their lives forever, and the women begin to share something more profound than either of them might have predicted. Written with an unerring ear for how women talk, laugh, and cry together, and with a gift for capturing the uniqueness of personality, Talk Before Sleep is sure to find a place in readers' hearts. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Berg, Elizabeth True To Form Washington Square Press paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1149672. ISBN #0743411358 / 9780743411356. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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