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In this whimsical collection of short fiction about the relationship between people and animals, it's the animals who seem to have all the right answers.
The peacocks are missing their tail feathers and all the fur has been shaved off the goat's front leg. In fact the whole farm looks as though it's about to topple down a hillside. But when the owner, a man on the verge of losing his own sight, starts describing the purest, pinkest sunsets ever seen, he convinces a divorced woman she's about to enter paradise. In this collection of short fiction, it's the animals who serve as the best role models. Whether it's a flock of alienated people taking flight from city rooftops, a woman using her horse training techniques to teach a man how to love he | |  | | The Tapestry Baby (will be released 2/11)
Ever since becoming pregnant by a mysterious tattooed man, Karin has been convinced she will give birth to a baby whose skin is a tapestry of color. When Anna is born normal in appearance, Karin still believes she’s predestined for some greater purpose, one she herself can’t provide. She and a friend begin a journey searching for a sign telling her whether or not she should keep her child and along the way discovers her life is intertwined with people she has never met, raising the question of whether anyone is ever really in control of their own destiny.
Karin lives in terror that her child will be born a multi-colored version of the mysterious tattooed man she met one night. When Anna is born normal instead, she becomes convinced her daughter is meant to fulfill some special destiny that she herself can’t provide. A believer of signs and premonitions, she takes off on a journey with Vonnie, a writer friend who can’t complete any stories because the peacefulness of her own life leaves her without inspiration hoping she can make a decision along the way. The choice, however, may not fully be her own. Their lives are randomly connected with | |  | | Without Wings
At thirty-six, Rachel Weyant finds her life going in every direction except one she can call her own. Her husband, George, is infatuated with his first wife, Madelaine, and her best friend, Annie, shows up with a mysterious six-month-old baby, insisting it’s her own newborn. Her only solace comes in the form of imaginary flights she takes with her first husband, Terry, who died in a small plane crash. Then she begins a new job teaching English literature classes at a penitentiary and meets Mitch, an inmate who promises to guide her not only through the dank corridors of the prison, but more importantly the labyrinth of her own life.
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Helios
by Dean Cambourakis
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 Helios is an award winning novel about a brilliant inventor of new technology, a fallen CEO seeking redemption, and an idealistic youth who comes of age in corporate America. |
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