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 | Satirical short stories, many set either in the future or in a theme park. |
 | In this lighthearted satirical novel the English queen stumbles upon a bookmobile and begins to discover the joys of literature, much to the consternation of the rest of the royal family and the political establishment of the United Kingdom. |
 | Sarah has two young children, her younger sister Corinne is trying to launch three small businesses, and neither of them are too keen on the idea of dropping everything to go visit their mother in Florida for a week. But their mother, Maggie,... |
 | A painter named Claire hides away in a remote cabin when her husband and son are killed in an accident. There she finds angelic relief from her sorrow, and possibly a new love. |
 | Novella Carpenter reveals how she transformed a vacant lot near her home in Oakland, California, into a fully functioning farm, complete with livestock and a thriving swarm of honeybees. Carpenter, who grew up on a ranch in Idaho, started with a... |
 | "The Sorrows of Young Werther" explores the extremes of the subjective experience through the novel's depiction of a sensitive young man caught up in a love impossible to fulfill. |
 | Charles Baxter's novella and stories take place mostly in the Midwest, in the fictional city of Five Oaks, Michigan. |
 | After the Nazis destroy his family, twelve-year-old Moishe gives up his Jewish faith, calls himself Danny, and is taken to New York where he tries to make the best of his life in a Catholic orphanage. |
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