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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A Gate at the Stairs A Gate at the Stairs Lorrie Moore In her best-selling story collection, Birds of America ("[it] will stand by itself as one of our funniest, most telling anatomies of human love and vulnerability" --James McManus, front page of The N… OL14937745W
Birds of America Birds of America Lorrie Moore,Natasha Soudek Twelve stories on human relations. In Charades, a traditional family game on Christmas turns sour when the charades hit too close to home, while in Agnes of Iowa, a woman's ambition to be worldly rem… OL14937752W
The forgotten helper The forgotten helper Lorrie Moore Description: 80 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Responsibility: Lorrie Moore ; illustrated by T. Lewis Abstract: When he is left behind at the house of a very bad little girl, Santa's grouchiest elf m… OL14937754W
Bark Bark L'Olivier,Lorrie Moore A new collection of stories by one of America’s most beloved and admired short-story writers, her first in fifteen years, since Birds of America (“Fluid, cracked, mordant, colloquial . . . Will stand… OL17861953W
Like life Like life Lorrie Moore Description: 178 p. ; 22 cm. Contents: Two boys -- Vissi d'Arte -- Joy -- You're ugly, too -- Places to look for your mind -- Jewish hunter -- Starving again -- Like life. OL32027W