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Honeydew

Stories

by Edith Pearlman

Paperback, 279 pages, Little Brown & Co, List Price: $15.99 |

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Author: Edith Pearlman

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Presents a collection of short stories full of teenage drug use, anorexia, cruise-ship stowaways, and a widowed nail tech who finds herself falling for a client.

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Delicious Short Stories, Ripe On The Vine In 'Honeydew'

January 22, 2015 • Reviewer Alan Cheuse has rapturous praise for Edith Pearlman's new story collection: "The first thing I wanted to do after finishing was, well, I wanted to go right back and start from the beginning."