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October 1st 2007
by Salt Publishing
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Paperback, 108 pages
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1844713946
(isbn13: 9781844713943)
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These are stories about power: children without it and adults vying to get or keep it - the boy caught between divorced parents, the arts worker conma...more
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I loved this book and Elizabeth was kind enough to answer a few questions about it as she swept around the blogosphere on her virtual book tour. You can read my questions and her answers here
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Read in June, 2009
Elizabeth Baines' collection of short stories, Balancing on the Edge of the World, is a slim volume, but what it lacks in heft it makes up for in emotional power. The stories themselves are often quite short--some might even be considered micro-fiction--but there is nothing small about what they have to say.
Here are some of the stories in a nutshell:
A group of young people, drunk, go out for a pizza, and realize they are not much better off than the beggar they meet outsi...more
Here are some of the stories in a nutshell:
A group of young people, drunk, go out for a pizza, and realize they are not much better off than the beggar they meet outsi...more
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Absolutely wonderful collection of short stories. Some of the best writing I have read in years.
Not so much a collection of short stories. More a collection of jewels that have been dusted off and collected together so that they shine brightly.
Not so much a collection of short stories. More a collection of jewels that have been dusted off and collected together so that they shine brightly.
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Read in March, 2009
An excellent and varied collection - highly recommended by me.
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