Henry Carter Hull

Alice McDermott's powerful novel is a vivid portrait of an American family in the middle decades of the twentieth century. Witty, compassionate, and wry, it captures the social, political, and spiritual upheavals of those decades through the experiences of a middle-class couple, their four children, and the changing worlds in which they live. While Michael and Annie Keane taste the alternately intoxicating and bitter first fruits of the sexual revolution,...

Collection of short fiction examining the social fabric of the United States in the twentieth century.

A collection of twelve short stories by contemporary American author Elizabeth Gilbert.

Gretel Samuelson grows up in a suburban neighborhood with her best friend Jill, struggling to deal with the everyday disappointments and tragedies that occur on the way to adulthood.

Contains American author John Dos Passo's epic "U.S.A." trilogy which provides a collective portrait of America following dozens of characters from the Spanish-American War to the beginning of the Depression.

A collection of eight short stories by Amy Bloom.

Combines four previous collections, as well as seven new tales, to present seventy short fiction stories by contemporary American author T. Coraghessan Boyle.