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The Sweetheart Is In
S.L. Wisenberg
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Description for The Sweetheart Is In
Hardcover. These lyrical stories attempt to portray the yearnings of a little sister, the hazy memories of a concentration camp liberator, and the romantic entanglements of political activists. The title story captures the longings, personal and political, of a sensitive girl on the cusp of adolescence. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
In these edgy, lyrical stories, S.L. Wisenberg portrays the yearnings of a little sister, the hazy memories of a concentration camp liberator, and the romantic entanglements of political activists. Each of these stories creates its own universe in the space of a few pages. The award-winning title story captures the longings, personal and political, of a sensitive girl on the cusp of adolescence as she tries to find her place in the world - and within her self-contained Jewish community in Houston - during the Vietnam era. A number of Wisenberg's characters are searching for a deep and real connection ... Read more
In these edgy, lyrical stories, S.L. Wisenberg portrays the yearnings of a little sister, the hazy memories of a concentration camp liberator, and the romantic entanglements of political activists. Each of these stories creates its own universe in the space of a few pages. The award-winning title story captures the longings, personal and political, of a sensitive girl on the cusp of adolescence as she tries to find her place in the world - and within her self-contained Jewish community in Houston - during the Vietnam era. A number of Wisenberg's characters are searching for a deep and real connection ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Triquarterly
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810151086
SKU
V9780810151086
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for The Sweetheart Is In
The qualities that characterize Wisenberg's work are not easy to come by in today's fiction. Her stories seem to me to have the flat honest gaze of children, who see more than we want them to and do not hesitate to tell all about it....But what's most unusual about her stories is their knowledgeability and utter honesty about religious doubt ... Read more