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19 produkter
After Eden
A Novel
Inbunden, 2007
348 kr
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Loss and renewal in the lives of an individual and a communityAfter Eden is a provocative novel that examines the meaning of home and homelessness among people who see such issues as more than abstractions. In a story populated by Pomo Indians, Euro-American ranchers and vintners, and Mexican …
After Eden
A Novel
Häftad, 2020
262 kr
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After Eden is a provocative novel that examines the meaning of home and homelessness among people who see such issues as more than abstractions. In a story populated by Pomo Indians, Euro-American ranchers and vintners, and Mexican American migrant laborers, Valerie Miner deftly juxtaposes …
Low Road
A Scottish Family Memoir
Häftad, 2002
263 kr
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"This is the story I have been writing for my whole life. With my life," writes Valerie Miner in this elegant and compassionate account of her family's migration from Edinburgh's tenements across the world. The Low Road explores location and dislocation in a large, poverty stricken Scottish family. …
Abundant Light
Short Fiction
Häftad, 2004
509 kr
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Abundant Light, Valerie Miner's fourth collection of short fiction, reveals a master storyteller writing in her prime. This collection looks closely at definitions of family and asks how this fragile and frightening entity can shape us, nurture us, or even destroy us. These stories also explore …
Murder in the English Department
E-bok, 2014
246 kr
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An assistant professor''s fight against campus harassment soon becomes a fight for her life in this "totally compelling and utterly modern mystery" (Judy Grahn, American Book Award–winning author).Assistant professor Nan Weaver, an outspoken feminist, is working toward tenure at Berkeley. Nan''s …
Rumors from the Cauldron
Selected Essays, Reviews, and Reportage
E-bok, 2014
166 kr
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An indispensable collection of essays reflecting on the historical and cultural relevance of feminist movements across the globe In these remarkably far-reaching writings, author and journalist Valerie Miner delivers a complex and engaging volume of essential reading. This book touches on topics …
All Good Women
A Novel
E-bok, 2014
246 kr
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As World War II rages abroad, a group of women forge the bonds of sisterhood in AmericaIn 1938, while tensions in Europe are reaching a boiling point, four young women with big ambitions enter secretarial school in San Francisco. Motivated to attain the financial stability that eluded their …
Range of Light
A Novel
E-bok, 2014
175 kr
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Two old friends who have not seen each other for decades spend a week hiking through the stunning scenery of California’s High Sierra Twenty-five years ago, a group of five high schoolers trekked through the High Sierra. Now, two of them—lesbian Kath and straight Adele—come back to repeat their …
Movement
A Novel
E-bok, 2014
166 kr
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This novel in stories tracks ten years in the life of Susan, a journalist and feminist, during a time of transition in America Susan is an activist. And yet, though her political ideals form the center of her life, she questions her convictions. At the heart of this string of interconnected stories …
Murder in the English Department
E-bok, 2014
246 kr
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An assistant professor''s fight against campus harassment soon becomes a fight for her life in this "totally compelling and utterly modern mystery" (Judy Grahn, American Book Award–winning author).Assistant professor Nan Weaver, an outspoken feminist, is working toward tenure at Berkeley. Nan''s …
Range of Light
A Novel
E-bok, 2014
175 kr
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Two old friends who have not seen each other for decades spend a week hiking through the stunning scenery of California’s High Sierra Twenty-five years ago, a group of five high schoolers trekked through the High Sierra. Now, two of them—lesbian Kath and straight Adele—come back to repeat their …
All Good Women
A Novel
E-bok, 2014
246 kr
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As World War II rages abroad, a group of women forge the bonds of sisterhood in AmericaIn 1938, while tensions in Europe are reaching a boiling point, four young women with big ambitions enter secretarial school in San Francisco. Motivated to attain the financial stability that eluded their …
Night Singers
Stories
E-bok, 2014
34 kr
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These thirteen stories by acclaimed writer Valerie Miner explore family and intimacy in ways that are simultaneously surprising and deeply familiar The complex nature of relationships is at the foreground of this poignant and tender collection. In the opening story, a father’s lonely death causes …
Bread and Salt
Stories
E-bok, 2026
158 kr
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Family, friends, and strangers reveal their shared vulnerabilities when connecting and parting in this short story collection from an award-winning author.Lambda Literary Award finalist Valerie Miner''s Bread and Salt features sixteen stories that explore people''s relationships, those that are …
Walking Fire
Häftad, 1994
405 kr
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"Here comes a walking fire," the Fool says to Lear as he sees Gloucester walking across a heath carrying a torch. This novel opens in fall, 1988, as Cora, an anti-war activist, returns to the U.S. from Canada where she has lived for twenty years. A college student in the mid-sixties, Cora becomes …
