false 139538 0 0 238401 0688169732 9780688169732 5 <![CDATA[The Mourners' Bench: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173014938m/238401.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173014938s/238401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/238401.The_Mourners_Bench_A_Novel 3.19 21 The Mourner's Bench might have ended up both melodramatic and sentimental; under Susan Dodd's careful pen, however, this tale of love, betrayal, and guilt overcomes its handicaps to become something more than the sum of its parts. Narrated in alternating chapters by the Southern-born Leandra and her New England paramour Wim, the story of Wim and Pammy's unhappy marriage, Pammy's difficult pregnancy, and the growing unspoken attraction between her younger sister and her husband unfolds, taking the reader back and forth in time as past events continue to intrude into present-day concerns. Wim might be dying, but the resounding aftershocks of Pammy's suicide have taught him and Leandra that gone does not necessarily mean forgotten. Indeed, the splicing of past and present brings Pammy back to life in a way, though her character is filtered through the memories of her sister and husband. Though death occupies the thoughts and actions of all three of the main characters, in the end, The Mourner's Bench is more about the living than the dead. As Wim and Leandra use what little time they have left to lay the ghosts of the past, they realize at last that "love makes a jumble of it all," and that it's never too late to find forgiveness.]]> 139538 3.39 51 9 1998 637135 0688170013 9780688170011 2 <![CDATA[Mamaw: A Novel of an Outlaw Mother]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176581469m/637135.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176581469s/637135.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/637135.Mamaw_A_Novel_of_an_Outlaw_Mother 3.58 12 Mamaw is the story of Zerelda James, the fearless mother of Frank and Jesse James. Zerelda James watched her husband hanged and then rescued him herself, only to be defeated by the insanity that eventually overtook him. Accused of being a Confederate spy during the Civil War, she was arrested and thrown into prison with her two youngest children. Her home was even firebombed by Pinkerton agents. All of these amazing things happened while her two eldest boys became the country's most wanted, despised, yet idolized men. In this engrossing novel based on historical fact, Susan Dodd has created a new legend and her name is Mamaw.]]> 139538 3.39 51 9 1988 640240 0140085319 9780140085310 1 <![CDATA[No Earthly Notion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640240.No_Earthly_Notion 3.80 5 139538 3.39 51 9 1986 1265317 0688177735 9780688177737 0 <![CDATA[O Careless Love: Stories and a Novella]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182361993m/1265317.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182361993s/1265317.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1265317.O_Careless_Love_Stories_and_a_Novella 4.00 5

Weather they are on the lookout or on the lam, love is what maps their migration.

An eccentric endodontist repairs a patient's freshly broken heart while performing a root canal.

A Haitian woman charms snakes into keeping her company in an urban cave as she safeguards her grandchildren's sleep.

A shy illustrator subsists through a long Vermont winter on occasional glimpses of a man in a blue pickup truck.

Susan Dodd, the acclaimed author of The Mourners' Bench explores the multifarious and otherworldly nature of love's in this shimmering collection of short stories.

In settings ranging from a desolate island in winter to a broken-down city bus at rush hour, Dodd shows us love's unlikely -- and often inconvenient -- landings 'in these ten diverse and uncommon stories.

]]> 139538 3.39 51 9 1999 994981 0688170005 9780688170004 1 <![CDATA[The Silent Woman: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180066475m/994981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180066475s/994981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/994981.The_Silent_Woman_A_Novel 2.25 4 The Silent Womanpulls into focus a world of color, shadow, and heartbreak. Vividly bringing to life the ever-changing nature of desire, the constancy of love, and the illusiveness of memory, it is a sublime work by a uniquely gifted author that celebrates the power of beauty, passion, and hope to hurt and to heal. ]]> 139538 3.39 51 9 2001 1687115 0670826065 9780670826063 0 <![CDATA[Hell-bent Men and Their Cities]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1687115.Hell_bent_Men_and_Their_Cities 4.00 1 139538 3.39 51 9 1990 2077212 3827417740 9783827417749 0 <![CDATA[Autismus: Was Betreuer und Eltern wissen müssen]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2077212.Autismus_Was_Betreuer_und_Eltern_wissen_m_ssen 0.0 0 139538 3.39 51 9 2007