The Ballantine Reader's Circle Reader

Jane Smiley,Mark Childress,Elizabeth Berg,Mermer Blakeslee,Karen Joy Fowler,Marita Golden,Marianne Fredriksson,Alice Walker,Jill McCorkle,Louis Begley,Sharon Kay Penman,Lynn Freed,Mary Doria Russell,Denise Giardina,Anne Tyler

ISBN 10: 0345435443 / ISBN 13: 9780345435446

Published by Ballantine Books, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ballantine Reader's Circle Reader
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345435443
• ISBN 13: 9780345435446
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Fiction excerpts from eighteen acclaimed authors whose works appeared as Ballantine Reader's Circle titles in 1999; with a personal introduction to each author from their editor on what delights them about their authors' fiction.
The all-true travels and adventures of Lidie Newton / Jane Smiley;
The mirror / Lynn Freed;
Children of God / Mary Doria Russell;
Saints and villains / Denise Giardina;
A patchwork planet / Anne Tyler;
The umbrella country / Bino A. Realuyo;
A widow for one year / John Irving;
The hunger moon / Suzanne Matson;
In dark water / Mermer Blakeslee;
Black glass : short fictions / Karen Joy Fowler;
What we keep / Elizabeth Berg;
Gone for good / Mark Childress;
The edge of heaven / Marita Golden;
Hanna's daughters / Marianne Fredriksson;
By the light of my father's smile / Alice Walker;
Final vinyl days : stories / Jill McCorkle;
Mistler's exit / Louis Begley;
Cruel as the grave / Sharon Kay Penman.