I selected this book on 10/25/15 from The Book Thing of Baltimore whose mission is to put unwanted books into the hands of those who want them. Thank you very much!

This is one of 125 books that I brought home from The Book Thing that day. I made that visit with a friend of mine from Catonsville, Maryland, and her cousin from New Hampshire. Needless to say, I came home with the largest haul! :)

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I read another copy of this book in 2008. This is what I wrote about it after I read it:

I find these short stories intriguing. In each, the author explores one individual deeply and how that person relates to others. The author digs finely into the emotions of each narrator and exquisitely explores the puzzling and often conflicted feelings each one expresses. What makes the stories especially interesting is that some of the protagonists are children.

I cannot pick favorites out of this collection. These are beautifully rendered short stories not to be missed. I really have enjoyed each story on its own merit and think all of them are truly delightful. I am now eagerly looking for more short stories by this talented author.

I'm releasing this book for the following BookCrossing challenge:

***The April 2017 Ultimate Challenge for Directions hosted by jumpingin. This book has the word IN in the title.

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I selected this book from the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) to travel elsewhere...

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Forgot to journal that I brought this book home from the GBF. I'm reading it this week during the days of introspection.

I enjoyed reading these short stories. I’m giving it to my friend Robbi at a book club dinner tonight. I think she’ll like this book.

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I enjoyed reading these short stories. I shared the book with a friend who recently returned it to me. Now I'll be releasing at the Gaithersburg Book Festival.

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this book intrigued me -- it might get read sooner than some others because it is both small and filled with short stories.

This book was so terribly Russian in flavor that it is astonishing that it was written in English rather than translated. A collection of stories spanning multiple eras and locations and examining the human condition with a keen awareness of human failings and, largely, a sense of fatalism. The first story, set in WWII Russia is a sad look at the limitations of friendship and the bases for many of the interactions we call friendship. Vera's Grove is lovely and heartbreakingly sad and, again, examines the limits and bases of relationships. I think my favorite in the entire book is the final story, about a young and naive teacher tasked with teaching sex ed to high school girls without a formal curriculum. The ending of the story is so hopeful that it made my impression of the entire book more positive.

This book is in the mail headed for Pasadena.

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Thank you, the book arrived here in Pasadena today.

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