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Highlights
- Gina Ochsner's award-winning, highly acclaimed stories have appeared in such publications as The New Yorker and The Best American Nonrequired Reading.
- Oregon Book Awards (Short Fiction) 2006 1st Winner
- Author(s): Gina Ochsner
- 224 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Short Stories (single author)
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About the Book
In her eagerly anticipated collection, Ochsner deftly examines the harrowing moments after a life or a love slips away, and discovers that the human heart can be large enough for anything.Book Synopsis
Gina Ochsner's award-winning, highly acclaimed stories have appeared in such publications as The New Yorker and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. In her eagerly anticipated new collection, Ochsner deftly examines the harrowing moments after a life or love slips away and discovers that the human heart can be large enough for anything.A Russian couple come to accept their infertility by bidding farewell tot he ghosts of the children they never had. A disgruntled husband buys a talking bird that he hopes will restore love to his marriage. Twin sisters learn to prepare bodies for burial in their Hungarian parents' funeral home, but when faced with a death of their own, they must learn to prepare the soul. Glowing with warmth and sparkling with imagination, these stories are rendered with a deep understanding of human resilience as well as an unerring belief in small, daily miracles.
Review Quotes
"Gina Ochsner unmistakably has the Big Gift."
Dimensions (Overall): 8.55 Inches (H) x 5.55 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)
Weight: .64 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Short Stories (single author)
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 224
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
Author: Gina Ochsner
Language: English
Street Date: May 11, 2005
TCIN: 89213944
UPC: 9780618563722
Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-6759
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.64 pounds
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