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The falling nun and other stories / Pamela Rafael Berkman ; illustrations by Karen Roze.
Van Pelt Library PS3602.E757 F3 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berkman, Pamela.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Young women--Fiction.
- Young women.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 162 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Scribner Paperback Fiction, [2003]
- Summary:
- The stories in The Falling Nun center on characters at once startlingly original and heartbreakingly familiar. In the title story, Pamela Rafael Berkman introduces a group of co-workers who order miniature plastic nuns rumored to bring love, only to suffer surprising and disheartening consequences. In "Tat, " the heroine gets an elaborate Victorian valentine tattooed on her arm and learns the real meaning of wearing her heart on her sleeve. And in "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown, " the classic holiday program brings temporary peace to a troubled young woman. Throughout, miracles and revelations abound, appearing in the most unexpected places -- a college campus planetarium, a yuppie Christmas party, a silversmith's booth at an outdoor fair, a corner bar on Halloween.
- In capturing the dilemmas and difficulties of our times, Berkman brings to life the eternal longings of the human heart.
- Contents:
- Tat
- Gold glitter
- Veronica
- Snakes
- The falling nun
- Bethlehem
- Witch
- Men have more upper body strength
- Holy holy holy
- February 14
- Playing crucifixion
- Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown.
- ISBN:
- 0743230191
- OCLC:
- 50243221
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