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All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories by Edward P Jones

Abby, July 2, 2008

I absolutely adored Edward P Jones' novel 'the known world' and I can not help but compare this collection to my awe of that book, therefore I found it lacking. If you read this you must read 'the known world'.

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The View from Castle Rock: Stories by Alice Munro

Abby, July 2, 2008

I really like Alice Munro but found this collection lacking and shoved together, nothing flowed like I expected it to.

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Like You'd Understand, Anyway: Stories by Jim Shepard

Abby, July 2, 2008

I have read many short story collections and this is definitely in my top five. The stories contain a fantastic array of characters and situations. I thought it was a collection of Jim Shepard's best but it isn't, it is his latest. Very entertaining reading.

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Shakespeare's Kitchen by Lore Segal

Abby, March 10, 2008

This collection of interrelated stories reads more like a novel than some novels do. The characters are flawlessly built, the setting is perfect and the conversation wonderful. I immediately researched every other Lore Segal book out there, a pure delight to read!

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Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry: Stories by Elizabeth Mccracken

Abby, December 20, 2007

a few of these stories I really liked but some of them I could not get into and gave up trying to after a few pages. which is fine, just explaining the three stars I gave it ...

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