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  Accordion Crimes

  by Annie Proulx

  E. Annie Proulx's Accordion Crimes is a masterpiece of storytelling that spans a century and a continent. Proulx brings the immigrant experience in America to life through the eyes of the descendants of Mexicans, Poles, Africans, Irish-Scots, Franco-Canadians and many others, all linked by their successive ownership of a simple green accordion. The music they make is their last link with the past -- voice for... (more)
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  Staggerford: A Novel

  by Jon Hassler

  "A writer good enough to restore your faith in fiction." THE NEW YORK TIMES It is only a week in the life of a 35-year old bachelor school teacher in a small Minnesota town. But it is an extraodinary week, filled with the poetry of living, the sweetness of expectation, and the glory of surprise that can change a life forever.... "Absolutely smashing....An altogether successful work, witty, intelligent,... (more)
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  An Imaginative Experience

  by Mary Wesley

  Leaping from a London train to save a stranded sheep before horrified and embarrassed passengers, a woman captures the attentions of a fellow traveler who senses a spiritual kinship with her, an event that sparks an unlikely romance. Reprint.