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By Diane Schoemperlen

Book Overview

Award-winning author Diane Schoemperlen's twenty-one exceptional stories showcase all the magic, charm, and intelligence of her novel Our Lady of the Lost and Found. Written over the past twenty years, and drawing upon a wide range of themes, subjects, and styles, these thoughtful selections are infused with Schoemperlen's freshness of observation and unique gift for narrative. "Losing Ground" is a remarkable coming-of-age story in which the harsh realities of death and discrimination start to impinge on a young girl's life. In "The Man of My Dreams," the truths of a disintegrating relationship counterpose and merge with the dream world of the narrator. And in the title story, items of a woman's clothing carry the memories of past years, illuminating the truths of life-its sorrows, its mysteries, and its consolations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142003204
• ISBN13: 9780142003206
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Primer on writing outside the box

Though I didn't find all the stories in themselves interesting, what was great about this book was the complete originality of each story in terms of style and structure. Schoemperlen explores many different and unique ways to present a story, showing that it's possible to successfully write a story without following a cookie-cutter format.