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The stories in this book all share a common, tightly-focused theme; Pia is an auteur on the subject of women making co...more...]]> 1185451 1596922125 9781596922129 98 36 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736129m/1185451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185451.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 5 2 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 14:41:30 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 05:53:35 -0700 2007
This is not the 19th century—there is no awakening. This woman is not about to head into the ocean. She’s already there, already r...more...]]> 1185451 1596922125 9781596922129 98 36 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736129m/1185451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185451.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 5 2 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 12:19:08 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 09:39:52 -0700 2007 stuck. Ms. Ehrhardt doesn't ask us to pity her charact...more...]]> 1185451 1596922125 9781596922129 98 36 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736129m/1185451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185451.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 4 2 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 25 01:42:31 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 23:19:23 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1185450 1596922354 9781596922358 40 14 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736127m/1185450.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185450.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 5 2 false Mon Apr 13 10:36:02 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 20 07:25:48 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 13 10:36:02 -0700 2009 ]]> 1185451 1596922125 9781596922129 98 36 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736129m/1185451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185451.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 5 1 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 23:20:16 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 23:45:18 -0700 2007
So I shall simply echo a character in one of these short stories, a character who expresses herself by quoting fa...more...]]> 1185451 1596922125 9781596922129 98 36 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736129m/1185451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185451.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 5 1 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 19:19:11 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 11:51:37 -0700 2007

This collection gave me the delight of stories with true depth, of characters moving within a fully realized world; these are stories with warp and woof, beautiful after a first reading, gorgeous after a second, ...more...]]> 1185451 1596922125 9781596922129 98 36 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736129m/1185451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185451.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 5 1 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 25 17:40:36 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 19:25:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1185450 1596922354 9781596922358 40 14 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736127m/1185450.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185450.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 5 1 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 03:49:12 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 05:53:03 -0700 2007
This is not the 19th century—there is no awakening. This woman is not about to head into the ocean. She’s already there, already r...more...]]> 1185451 1596922125 9781596922129 98 36 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736129m/1185451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185451.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 5 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jun 20 17:54:15 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:09:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1185451 1596922125 9781596922129 98 36 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736129m/1185451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185451.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 5 1 false Tue Dec 11 05:56:50 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 06:05:00 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1185451 1596922125 9781596922129 98 36 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736129m/1185451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185451.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 5 0 false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 20:11:55 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 22:32:03 -0800 2008
I want to say first that I don't tend/expect to enjoy books by women. I don't even tend to like female characters in books. At this point I have only one female author at a five star ranking, Ayn Rand and perhaps ...more...]]> 1185451 1596922125 9781596922129 98 36 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736129m/1185451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185451.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 5 1 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 14:59:04 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 14:59:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1185451 1596922125 9781596922129 98 36 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736129m/1185451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185451.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 5 1 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jul 23 06:15:09 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 06:19:35 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1185451 1596922125 9781596922129 98 36 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736129m/1185451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185451.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 0 1 false Sun Nov 25 17:37:19 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 24 05:04:06 -0800 2007
The book is trapped in my car, however. We are experiencing a blizzard at the moment. I may have to put on my boots and dig it out.]]> 1185451 1596922125 9781596922129 98 36 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736129m/1185451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185451.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 5 1 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 16:41:48 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 09:16:20 -0800 2009 1185451 1596922125 9781596922129 98 36 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736129m/1185451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185451.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 4 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 02:58:59 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 10:28:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1185451 1596922125 9781596922129 98 36 4.46 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181736129m/1185451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1185451.Famous_Fathers_and_Other_Stories 5 1 false Wed Jun 20 19:03:35 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:10:28 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6502785