The Best American Short Stories 1998 Tots_Gift_Guide Growing up in a New

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" Fault Lines shows how healing is possible through clear steps that people can use right away in their own families

"Mary Oliver would probably never admit to anything so grandiose as an effort to connect the conscious mind and the heart (that's what she says poetry can do)

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The Best American Short Stories 1998 Tots_Gift_Guide Growing up in a NewEdited by beloved storyteller Garrison Keillor, this year's volume promises to be full of humor, surprises, and, as always, accomplished writing by new and familiar voices. The preeminent short fiction series since 1915, The Best American Short Stories is the only volume that annually offers the finest works chosen by a distinguished best selling author.