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\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cP\u003ePraise for Karen Joy Fowler:\u003c/P\u003e\u003cP\u003e\"No contemporary writer creates characters more appealing, or examines them with greater acuity and forgiveness.\"\u0026#151;Michael Chabon\u003c/P\u003e\u003cP\u003e\"Fowler's witty writing is a joy to read.\"\u0026#151;\u003cI\u003eUSA Today\u003c/I\u003e\u003c/P\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld Fantasy Award Winner\u003c/p\u003e\u003cP\u003eIn her moving and elegant new collection, \u003cI\u003eNew York Times\u003c/I\u003e bestseller Karen Joy Fowler writes about John Wilkes Booth's younger brother, a one-winged man, a California cult, and a pair of twins, and she\u0026#160;digs into our past, present, and future in the quiet, witty, and incisive way only she can.\u003c/P\u003e\u003cP\u003eThe sinister and the magical are always lurking just below the surface: for a mother who invents a fairy-tale world for her son in \"Halfway People\"; for Edwin Booth in \"Edwin's Ghost,\" haunted by his fame as \"America's Hamlet\" and his brother's terrible actions; for Norah, a rebellious teenager facing torture in \"The Pelican Bar\" as she confronts Mama Strong, the sadistic boss of a rehabilitation facility; for the narrator recounting her descent in \"What I Didn't See.\"\u003c/P\u003e\u003cP\u003eWith clear and insightful prose, Fowler's stories measure the human capacities for hope and despair, brutality and kindness. This collection, which includes two Nebula Award winners, is sure to delight readers, even as it pulls the rug out from underneath them.\u003c/P\u003e\u003cP\u003e\u003cB\u003eKaren Joy Fowler\u003c/B\u003e (karenjoyfowler.com) is the author of five novels, including \u003cI\u003eWit's End\u003c/I\u003e, PEN/Faulkner finalist \u003cI\u003eSister Noon\u003c/I\u003e, and \u003cI\u003eNew York Times\u003c/I\u003e bestseller \u003cI\u003eThe Jane Austen Book Club\u003c/I\u003e. Her collection \u003cI\u003eBlack Glass\u003c/I\u003e won the World Fantasy Award. Fowler and her husband, who have two grown children, live in Santa Cruz, California.\u003c/P\u003e\u003cBR\u003e\u003c/div\u003e |
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