The Tiger in the Grass: Stories and Other Inventions |
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| Authors: | Doerr, Harriet |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | FIC019000, FIC029000 |
| ISBN: | 9781440674310, Related ISBNs: 0140251480, 0670864714, 1440674310, 9780140251487, 9780670864713 |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 224, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: In her first collection of stories and pieces, Harriet Doerr explores the magical power of memory and brings us a wealth of unforgettable characters: eccentric eighty-two-year-old Great-Aunt Alice, who, empowered by a lucid memory, lived out her final, physically debilitated years with grace; Edie, who arrives in California from England to bring sanity and peace to a house with five half-orphaned children and a despairing widower; Paco, eight years old, and Gloria, eleven, children caught between the longing and pleasures of childhood and the harsh mature realities of their meager circumstances in a Mexican village. These and other characters are captured in the web of life with a startling sensitivity that will touch the reader at every turn.
“Strikingly pure and radiant.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Strikingly pure and radiant.”—The New York Times Book Review
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