false 2829442 2 <B>Set in Troy, New York, this linked collection follows a quirky and resilient family of women throughout the twentieth century.</B><BR><BR>In 1908, Mamie Garrahan faces childbirth aided by her arsenic-eating sister-in-law Kitty, a nun who grows opium poppies, and a doctor who prescribes Bayer Heroin. "In the twentieth century, I believe there are no saints left," Mamie remarks. But her daughters and granddaughter test this notion with far-reaching consequences. Kitty's arsenic reappears sixty years later in the hands of her distraught niece. A schoolgirl's passion for the Beatles and Melville&#151;a passion both lonely and funny&#151;shapes her life. Each decade is illuminated by endearingly eccentric characters: an anorexic waitress falls for a wealthy college boy in the jazz age...an exuberant young nurse questions science during the Depression...a homely seamstress designs a scandalous dress in the 1950s. <I>The Nightingales of Troy</I>, the first fiction collection by an acclaimed American poet, creates a vividly palpable sense of time and place. Alice Fulton's memorable characters confront the deepest dilemmas with bravery and abiding love. 2855546 7 7 2008 The Nightingales of Troy: Connected Stories total:61|5:21|4:17|3:15|2:8|1:0| 61 234 146 23 2829442 039304887X 9780393048872 59 22 3.84 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2829442.The_Nightingales_of_Troy_Connected_Stories 5 3 false Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 19:07:15 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 11:10:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2829442 039304887X 9780393048872 59 22 3.84 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2829442.The_Nightingales_of_Troy_Connected_Stories 5 2 false Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 19:00:19 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 10:47:07 -0700 2008 interview with Alice Fulton.

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