When a young woman becomes pregnant by a married lover, she realizes she is more like her mother than she'd thought. People of dissimilar lands, races and sexes misjudge one another. 6-city author tour. A doctor's wife uncovers sordid secrets in a Colorado mining town during the Depression. Mr. and Mrs. Ransome arrive home from the opera to find that their London flat has been robbed of every single thing, even the casserole in the oven.
Stories delve into strange and touching intimacies between the U.S. and Vietnam.
3-city author tour. 60,000 first printing. 7-city author tour. A young New Yorker vacationing with her relatives in southern India learns that home can be anywhere. In suburban Knoxville, a 20-something fellow dissects family relationships and waning spirituality.