Lynn Stegner, Author . Univ. of Nebraska $24.95 (273p) ISBN 978-0-8032-1139-1
Stegner (Undertow
; Fata Morgana
) follows the tragic arc of Kate Riley, whose lifetime of self-destructive behavior takes her from rural Canada to a seaside cottage in northern California with plenty of gloomy pit stops along the way. Born in 1931...
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Lynn Stegner, Author University Press of New England $27.95 (282p) ISBN 978-1-58465-063-8
In this absorbing triptych of novellas, Stegner dissects with taut prose and decisive narrative moves the complex emotional states of characters living in a hamlet in Vermont called Harrow. A transient named Sam Chase is present in all three stories,
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Lynn Stegner, Author, Steven Culbert, Author Baskerville Publishers $21 (235p) ISBN 978-1-880909-02-7
When 27-year-old marine biologist Anne McBain discovers she is pregnant, she realizes her affair with eminent scientist Elliot Newhouse is at a turning point: either Elliot must leave his wife or Anne must end the affair and have an abortion. The...
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Lynn Stegner, Author, Sam Chase, Editor Baskerville Publishers $23 (357p) ISBN 978-1-880909-29-4
Stegner's second novel (after Undertow) is a sensitive, fiercely intelligent portrait of a friendship--and its rupture--over time. The story is told by corporate lawyer Susan Thatcher in the wake of an anxious visit, in 1981, to her former friend,...
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