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Author : Lucia Berlin
Release : 1981
Genre : Short stories
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Book Synopsis Angels Laundromat by : Lucia Berlin
Download or read book Angels Laundromat written by Lucia Berlin. This book was released on 1981. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lucia Berlin
Release : 2015-08-18
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 867/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Manual for Cleaning Women by : Lucia Berlin
Download or read book A Manual for Cleaning Women written by Lucia Berlin. This book was released on 2015-08-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of The New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of 2015 One of Jezebel's Favorite Books of 2016 A Manual for Cleaning Women compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin. With the grit of Raymond Carver, the humor of Grace Paley, and a blend of wit and melancholy all her own, Berlin crafts miracles from the everyday, uncovering moments of grace in the Laundromats and halfway houses of the American Southwest, in the homes of the Bay Area upper class, among switchboard operators and struggling mothers, hitchhikers and bad Christians. Readers will revel in this remarkable collection from a master of the form and wonder how they'd ever overlooked her in the first place. "Perhaps, with the present collection, Lucia Berlin will begin to gain the attention she deserves." -Lydia Davis
Author : Lucia Berlin
Release : 1981-05-01
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Book Rating : 267/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Angel's Laundromat by : Lucia Berlin
Download or read book Angel's Laundromat written by Lucia Berlin. This book was released on 1981-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Crystal Lee
Release : 2002-03
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 068/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Do Angels Live in Trees? by : Crystal Lee
Download or read book Do Angels Live in Trees? written by Crystal Lee. This book was released on 2002-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Do Angels Live in Trees?" could not be more timely! Millions of people suffer from scars of childhood and emotional trauma inflicted by others. Too little emphasis is placed on those who are seen as not important to society. This story unravels with the mind of the child wrapping herself in fantasy and visions of angels who live in trees. This is her way of survival and teaches how faith and determination can change one's life. This book will open eyes to see the deep hurt and needs of the unwanted child. "Do Angels Live in Trees" may be cross-referenced in several ways. It not only provides spiritual undertones but also addresses child abuse issues. Readers who have concerns for the welfare of children will find it most entertaining and enlightening. It could also easily fit into the self-help category. It is a true biography of the author. The general population will find this book full of intrigue, hope, and a determination to survive, no matter how difficult the circumstances.
Author : Lucia Berlin
Release : 2017-04-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 312/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Where I Live Now by : Lucia Berlin
Download or read book Where I Live Now written by Lucia Berlin. This book was released on 2017-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times–bestselling author of So Long contemplates the human condition in this short story collection for fans of Grace Paley & Alice Munro. The elusive nature of happiness is a compelling theme in Where I Live Now. The survivors in these stories—many of them society's marginal or excluded people, fighting alcohol or drug addiction, bearing emotional scars—recognize it all too well. They mourn the lost dreams of youth, the roads not taken. They suffer the damage life inflicts: the ache of loneliness, the pain of separation, the fear of death. Set mainly in Los Angeles, Lucia Berlin’s gritty working-class stories bridge the gap between the Americas—rich and poor, North and South, Anglo and Hispanic. While her style has been compared to Raymond Carver’s, and her dream- and drink-addicted characters to Richard Yates’s, her fictional territory and fatalistic humor are hers alone. Praise for Where I Live Now “Berlin’s literary model is Chekhov, but there are extra-literary models too, including the extended jazz solo, with its surges, convolutions, and asides. This is writing of a very high order.” —August Kleinzahler, London Review of Books “This remarkable collection occasionally put me in mind of Annie Proulx’s Accordion Crimes, with its sweep of American origins and places. Berlin is our Scheherazade, continually surprising her readers with a startling variety of voices, vividly drawn characters, and settings alive with sight and sound.” —Barbara Barnard, American Book Review “Berlin is marvelously successful, placing her memorable characters in gripping situations, plumbing their messed-up lives for pathos and allowing us to see deeply into their souls.” —Publishers Weekly
