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    Secrets of Happiness

    Joan Silber

    A tightly plotted, brilliantly executed account of two families whose lives intersect in unexpected ways.

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    Joan Silber

    A bold and piercing novel about a young single mother, her eccentric aunt and the decisions they make that have unexpected implications for the world around them.

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    Ideas of Heaven

    Joan Silber

    Set in France, Italy, New York and China, in the past and present, this National Book Award-shortlisted title examines notions of the divine.

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    Fools

    Joan Silber

    An ingenious examination of belief systems, beginning with some fiercely principled young anarchists in 1920s New York and spinning the dial to take in India, Paris and Occupy Wall Street.

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    Secrets of Happiness

    Joan Silber

    A tightly plotted, brilliantly executed account of two families whose lives intersect in unexpected ways.

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    A bold and piercing novel about a young single mother, her eccentric aunt and the decisions they make that have unexpected implications for the world around them.

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    Secrets of Happiness: A Novel

    Joan Silber

    When a man discovers his father in New York has long had another, secret, family-a wife and two kids-the interlocking fates of both families lead to surprise loyalties, love triangles…

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    Improvement: A Novel

    Joan Silber

    The splendid new novel by the critically acclaimed author of Fools and Ideas of Heaven, a Finalist for the National Book Award

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    In My Other Life: Stories

    Joan Silber

    A hip New Yorker confronts the accident of middle age.

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    In My Other Life: Stories

    Joan Silber

    A hip New Yorker confronts the accident of middle age.

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    The Art Of Time In Fiction: As Long As It Takes

    Joan Silber

    Using wide-ranging examples from the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Arundhati Roy, Joan Silber illustrates five key ways in which time unfolds in fiction. In clear-eyed prose, Silber elucidates…

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    Joan Silber (Sarah Lawrence College)

    The splendid new novel by the critically acclaimed author of Fools and Ideas of Heaven, a Finalist for the National Book Award

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    Lucky Us

    Joan Silber (Sarah Lawrence College)

    A love story of our time. –Ha Jin, author of The Boat Rocker Once upon a very recent time in New York City, there was a couple, two ordinary single…

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    Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories

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    Shortlisted for the National Book Award: Joan Silber writes with wisdom, humor, grace, and wry intelligence. Her characters bear welcome news of how we will survive. -Andrea Barrett

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    Fools: Stories

    Joan Silber (Sarah Lawrence College)

    Longlisted for the National Book Award ‘Linked’ doesn’t begin to describe the complex web Silber has woven…Emotionally, it’s astounding…[A] beautiful, intricate, and wise collection. -New York Times Book Review

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    The Size of the World: A Novel

    Joan Silber (Sarah Lawrence College)

    A sublime and humane jigsaw puzzle of a novel. -Boston Globe

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    My View is Incomplete: Selected Writings

    Jean Goldschmidt Kempton,Joan Silber,Grace Paley

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