Charlie Close

• Jun-2016
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In his eighth book, Charlie Close gives us a new collection of very short stories, full of tiny bursts of life. From school children finding their way to adulthood, to coworkers struggling to get along, to men and women finding and losing love, Charl...

• Jun-2015
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In his new collection of short stories, Charlie Close gives us people who try, succeed, and sometimes fail to connect with others. He gives us a poor family celebrating its first Halloween in a rich neighborhood, a waitress trying to get the attentio...

• Jun-2015
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In his new collection of short stories, Charlie Close gives us people who try, succeed, and sometimes fail to connect with others.He gives us a poor family celebrating its first Halloween in a rich neighborhood, a waitress trying to get the attention...

• May-2015
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Stories of childhood aren't just for children. Grown-ups need them too. Childish Things is a collection of seventeen short stories about the moments we remember all our lives. Charlie shows us a mother's last gift to her son, the moment a girl finall...

• May-2015
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• Jan-2011
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Burning Embers is a comic romp of creative nonfiction stories that any husband or wife will recognize and lament.Charlie and Kathy are a married couple. Charlie is a little simpler than he thinks he is, and Kathy is a little more patient than she oug...

• Jan-2011
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• Jan-2011
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Every day needs a little romance. Rough & Beautiful is filled with tiny love stories, each as brief as the moment before a kiss. There are tales from the olden days, of princes and princesses, the young and alluring, and the cruel and rakish. And the...