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These prize winning stories confirm what readers of 'State Of Grace' and 'Taking Care' already suspected: that Joy Williams is a writer of unparalleled empathy and emotional candor, who can render the 'hopeless and uncomprehending love' between a little girl and her alcoholic mother, the panicky restlessness of a couple trying to outrun the exhaustion of their marriage, or the quiet unease of a man watching a vintage car disintegrate in his living room with a sureness of pitch that it at once heartbreaking and elating.
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Themes of sickness, lies and death recur here: in the title story, Lizzie and her alcoholic mother entertain illusions of recovery on a trip to a magic show, while ``The Route'' maps a couple's waning love. ``Several of these tales have been included in prize collections,'' said PW ; ``all of them exhibit the qualities of a skillfully cut gem: shapely, luminous, multifaceted.'' Author tour.
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