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| Title: Strange Attractors: The Ephrem Stories |
| By (author): Janice Deal |
| ISBN10-13: 1735558540 : 9781735558547 |
| In Janice Deal's linked story collection STRANGE ATTRACTORS, everyday people navigate the uncertainties of life in the American heartland, seeking order in chaos with a very human mix of resilience and folly. At first glance, the fictional Ephrem, Illinois, seems a friendly, familiar town: it draws you right in, even if you don't need supplies at the mall or a snack at Brat Station. But as you come closer, you discover people who are complex and unpredictable. Life itself is capricious, and loneliness can turn a person strange. Past traumas linger. Illness sometimes falls like a hammer. Yet there's much affection here, small and large examples of human kindness. For years, Janice Deal has been publishing these award-winning stories about Ephrem. Now assembled for the first time, these extraordinary tales offer a masterful snapshot of life in today's small-town America. |
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Pages: 159
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| Published: New Door Books - September 2023 |
| Format: Paperback |
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| List Price: 19.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: No Longer Distributing
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| Title: The Blue Door |
| Sub-title: A Novel |
| Series: WalkAbout |
| By (author): Janice Deal |
| ISBN10-13: 1735558575 : 9781735558578 |
| How much responsibility and guilt can a mother bear for a child who has done wrong?This is the question that haunts Flo when her daughter Teddy plans to visit after a long separation. The prospect of seeing Teddy brings back painful memories of Teddyâ s troubled pastâ a young teen imprisoned for committing murder. Can Flo find the strength to support or even cope with her daughter as she is now? Can she resurrect hope for either of them? Flo must thrash through these questions alone; her dear friend and confidant has just died. Then, as she's grappling with grief and guilt, her dog goes missing, and she takes a long walk to find him. On the surface, this is all that happens: A simple walk through a desert town. Encounters with people who uplift or unsettle her along the way. But for Flo, this journey becomes much moreâ a personal odyssey, as profound and disorienting as Ulyssesâ . She remembers an old folktale passed down by her family, about a young womanâ s mythical journey to find her place in the world. Echoes of this tale play through the current story, and the hunt for Dog turns into a metaphysical search for meaning.Some readers will remember Flo and Teddy from Strange Attractors, the outstanding collection that critics compared to Chekhov and Flannery Oâ Connor. As her sequel to the mother-daughter story unfolds, Janice Deal once more reveals the extraordinary depths of unpretentious people. The Blue Door is a radical adventure, both compulsively readable and meditativeâ a rare combination. |
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Pages: 196
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| Published: New Door Books - April 2025 |
| Format: Paperback |
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| List Price: 20.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: No Longer Distributing
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