Language ArtsA novel that is utterly absorbing, and full of wit [with] a doozy of a twist . . . An all around delight (Maria Semple, author of Whered You Go, Bernadette?). Charles Marlow teaches his high school English students that language will expand their worlds. But linguistic precision cannot help him connect with his autistic son, his ex wife, or his college bound daughter, who has just flown the nest. Hes at the end of a road hes traveled on autopilot for

and grotesque monsters

Goodall and Bekhoff expand on their ten trusts:

They are the power of the human spirit

the phone rings

the many strange ravages of our time

Kathryn Harrison's POISON vividly reminds us of the persistence of desire and the sorcery of dreams

There are the simple dinners Jacques prepares for his wife

lucid and humble

and it is in this affectionate

she may have a second chance to live

You never know where Wind Rider will take you

young Prince Arjuna