Balancing on the Edge of the World (Salt Modern Fiction)

by Elizabeth Baines (Goodreads author)
Balancing on the Edge of the World (Salt Modern Fiction)
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8 ratings, 4.75 average rating, 4 reviews (more data...)
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published
October 1st 2007 by Salt Publishing

binding
Paperback, 108 pages

isbn
1844713946    (isbn13: 9781844713943)

description
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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Charles
03/03/09
Charles rated it: 5 of 5 stars

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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Tracy Miller
07/05/09
Tracy Miller rated it: 4 of 5 stars

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
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Jamieson
05/30/09
Jamieson rated it: 5 of 5 stars

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.
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Nik Perring
03/06/09
Nik Perring rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in March, 2009
An excellent and varied collection - highly recommended by me.
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Elizabeth Scott
06/21/09
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Emma
06/08/09
Emma rated it: 5 of 5 stars


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Elizabeth Baines
03/22/09
Elizabeth Baines rated it: 5 of 5 stars


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03/04/09
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12/28/08
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Anne
12/17/08
Anne rated it: 4 of 5 stars


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06/28/08
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