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  Local Girls

  by Alice Hoffman

  The New York Times bestselling author's first collection of short fiction. Alice Hoffman is at her haunting, thought-provoking best with these interconnected stories about a Long Island family, the Samuelsons, and the lessons in survival and transformation that life brings to every family. "Pulls the reader in effortlessly...Hoffman has the power to make you really laugh and really cry." -- USA Today "Moving... (more)
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  Aloft

  by Chang-rae Lee

  Being a solo flyer made sense to Jerry Battle right from the start. For his 56th birthday, his longtime (and recently ex-) girlfriend Rita Reyes had given him a gift certificate for a flying lesson. Once Jerry was up there he thought, 'here was the little space I was looking for, my private box seat in the world and completely outside of it too.' From a half-mile over the earth, everything looked perfect to... (more)