num_pages: 241
description: With humour, wisdom and tenderness, Ann Packer offers ten short stories about women and men - wives and husbands, sisters and brothers, daughters, sons, mothers, fathers, friends and lovers - who discover that life's greatest surprises may be found in that which is most familiar.
language: English
title: Mendocino and Other Stories
titlecomplete: Mendocino and Other Stories
genres: Short Stories, American, Unfinished, Book Club, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 587
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Oregon Book Award
category: Fiction (Finalist)
publisher: Piatkus Books