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Unearned Pleasures and Other Stories
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3.1 out of 5
Based on 115 Ratings and 15 Reviews

Book Description
In this stunning collection of stories, bestselling author Ursula Hegi focuses on the problems of love - familial, parental, conjugal, and emergent. With compassion and her "unfailing immediacy of language", she raises the struggles of her characters to a plane of recognition that enables them to transcend despair. Life and death, age and youth, attained hopes and unearned pleasures, provide the h... More
Book Information
PublisherTouchstone
BindingPaperback (8 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages128
ISBN-100684844850
ISBN-13978-0684844855
Publication Date04/25/1997
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About Ursula Hegi (Author) : Ursula Hegi is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Ursula Hegi include Trudi & Pia (Anne Schwartz Books), FLOATING IN MY MOTHER'S PALM.
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About Jackie Alpers (Photographer) : Jackie Alpers has created photographic illustrations for young adult books. Her images have been featured on Supergirls Speak Out: Inside the Secret Life of Overachieving Girls, cookbooks and a wide v... more
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