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      The Whore's Child: and Other Stories

      by Richard Russo
      Published
      Jul 2002
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      225
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      About This Book

      This irresistible collection of short stories from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls reveals the imperfect bargains of marriage, the discoveries and disillusionments of childhood, and the unwinnable battles men and women insist on fighting with the past.

      "An author whose laid-back understatements can be as sharp as other writers' boldest declarations….the architect of stories you can't put down." —      The New York Times

      Richard Russo brings the same bittersweet wit, deep knowledge of human nature, and spellbinding narrative gifts that distinguish his best-selling novels. 

      A cynical Hollywood moviemaker confronts his dead wife's lover and abruptly realizes the depth of his own passion. As his parents' marriage disintegrates, a precocious fifth-grader distracts himself with meditations on baseball, spaghetti, and his place in the universe. And in the title story, an elderly nun enters a college creative writing class and plays havoc with its tidy notions of fact and fiction. The Whore's Child is further proof that Russo is one of the finest writers we have, unsparingly truthful yet hugely compassionate and capable of creating characters real that they seem to step off the page.

      Look for Richard Russo's new book, Somebody's Fool, coming soon.

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      General Fiction

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      Romantic Suspense

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      Jul 2003 Vintage ISBN13 9780375726019 ISBN10 0375726012
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      Nov 2003 Vintage (UK) ISBN13 9780099437529 ISBN10 009943752X
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      First Edition Jul 2002 Knopf ISBN13 9780375411687 ISBN10 0375411682
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      Dec 2007 Knopf ISBN13 9780307429629 ISBN10 0307429628
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      Dec 2007 Vintage ISBN10 B000XUBFCE
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      Aug 2002 Sound Library ISBN13 9780792726692 ISBN10 0792726693
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      Aug 2002 HarperAudio ISBN13 9780060095475 ISBN10 0060095474
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      Dec 2002 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9780786248902 ISBN10 0786248904
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