Doris Betts

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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The Scarlet Thread, by Doris Betts, was first published by Harper & Row in 1964 and won the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction. This 2013 Press 53 Classics edition features a new introduction by Robert Morgan and closing essays of remembrance by Sa...

• May-1998
• / General Fiction
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Back in print at last, the nine beautifully crafted tales in Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories display Doris Betts at the top of her form: compassionate, witty, and unforgettable. "The Ugliest Pilgrim" takes you into the adventures and i...

• Apr-1997
• / Suspense
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After dumping her boyfriend in Reno on her way to California, Luna Stone hides out in the mountains near Donner Lake, where her solitude is invaded by the ghost of Tamsen Donner, a runaway boy fleeing a child-porn ring, and a young Lutheran minister...

• Nov-1996
• / General Fiction
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Bebe Sellar and her husband Jack are managing several cottages in Pickle Beach, North Carolina, when they meet Mickey McCane, an aggressive and tormented man, and together they all try to deal with the assassination of Robert Kennedy and the hot summ...

• Apr-1995
• / Literary
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All but one of these seven stories and one novella take place in small towns in North Carolina, and all of them concern ordinary people teetering upon the knowledge of their own insignificance. First published in 1965, this second collection of short...

• Apr-1994
• / General Fiction
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The author of Heading West and Beast of the Southern Wild and Other Stories returns with a poignant, powerful novel of a small town in the tradition of Faulkner, O'Connor, and Welty. Reprint. 12,500 first printing. Tour....

• Jan-1985
• / General Fiction
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• Dec-1982
• / General Fiction
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Nancy Finch, her kidnapper, and on-the-run hitchhiker Judge J. Jolley drive westward from South Carolina and--after plots, failed chances, and retreats along the way--arrive finally at the Grand Canyon and deliverance...