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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Housebroken

Housebroken

Barbara Leith, Leith

Paperback

General Fiction

Publisher Price: $23.95

ISBN10: 144016634X
ISBN13: 9781440166341
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: Oct 14 2009
Pages: 436
Weight: 1.40
Height: 0.97 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The gnarly enigma of sustained love, the nightmares of loss or betrayal-these are the problems examined thematically in Housebroken, instantly pulling us into the complexities of intimacy-intimacy which paradoxically repels and attracts. In richly detailed settings ranging from Aegean islands to Australian beaches, these stories deal with conflicted characters, many of whom see themselves as disconnected outsiders, emotionally landlocked or alienated like Molly, a young American expatriate-in her heart she's Spanish-but where and what is home? Or the lovesick New England professor out of his depth in a seedy Southern steel town. Others flee danger from within. A Victorian scholar facing unnamed horrors coming after him From Below. Or Roberto, the poetry-quoting drug dealer never able to outrun his sexual obsession. A patriarch who's escaped the Nazis but not his punitive conscience. Life-lessons are learned & unlearned as these lovers and loners weave between hope and disenchantment, isolation and communion. Ultimately, after groping through confusing rituals, contradictory ground rules, each arrives at a revelation which illuminates (if not resolves) the passionate connections & disconnects all of us encounter in our lifelong pilgrimage of the heart.

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