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All proceeds from My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead will go directly to fund the free youth writing programs offered by 826 Chicago. 826 Chicago is part of the network of seven writing centers across the United States affiliated with 826 National, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.]]> 1247446 12 3090758 1 1 2008 My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead: Great Love Stories from Chekhov to Munro total:643|5:188|4:276|3:139|2:33|1:7| 643 2534 1960 203 1467 3.90 115589 11340 67835769 372363 3536027 0061240389 9780061240386 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/35/27/3536027-m-1255666760.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/35/27/3536027-s-1255666760.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3536027.My_Mistress_s_Sparrow_Is_Dead_Great_Love_Stories_from_Chekhov_to_Munro 3.95 19 It is perhaps only in reading a love story (or in writing one) that we can simultaneously partake of the ecstasy and agony of being in love without paying a crippling emotional price. I offer this book, then, as a cure for lovesickness and an antidote to adultery. Read these love stories in the safety of your single bed. Let everybody else suffer." Jeffrey Eugenides, from the introduction to My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead

All proceeds from My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead will go directly to fund the free youth writing programs offered by 826 Chicago. 826 Chicago is part of the network of seven writing centers across the United States affiliated with 826 National, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.

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While I have to admit most of these are excellent stories, I'm not sure I'd peg them as "love" stories. Maybe my idea of love is just completely different than the authors of these short stories.

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i couldn't stop reading this book. i couldn't stop re-reading the stories. reading them aloud to my boyfriend. wat...more...]]> 25628723 185835 1247446 0061240370 9780061240379 188 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/446/1247446-m-1255666765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/446/1247446-s-1255666765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1247446.My_Mistress_s_Sparrow_Is_Dead_Great_Love_Stories_from_Chekhov_to_Munro 3.94 643 My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead

All proceeds from My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead will go directly to fund the free youth writing programs offered by 826 Chicago. 826 Chicago is part of the network of seven writing centers across the United States affiliated with 826 National, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.]]> 2008 2 4 false Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 21:22:05 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 10:30:28 -0700 2008
It would seem not. Two stars for two happy introductions to writers I had...more...]]> 48465605 1296744 1247446 0061240370 9780061240379 188 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/446/1247446-m-1255666765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/446/1247446-s-1255666765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1247446.My_Mistress_s_Sparrow_Is_Dead_Great_Love_Stories_from_Chekhov_to_Munro 3.94 643 My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead

All proceeds from My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead will go directly to fund the free youth writing programs offered by 826 Chicago. 826 Chicago is part of the network of seven writing centers across the United States affiliated with 826 National, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.]]> 2008 4 2 false Fri Mar 06 18:06:57 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 28 19:46:44 -0700 2009
Okay, I'll admit it. I hadn't read Harold Brodsky before, and for my money, "First Love and Other Sorrows"...more...]]> 19245166 405940 1247446 0061240370 9780061240379 188 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/446/1247446-m-1255666765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/446/1247446-s-1255666765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1247446.My_Mistress_s_Sparrow_Is_Dead_Great_Love_Stories_from_Chekhov_to_Munro 3.94 643 My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead

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