Dubus, Andre

"Forty years ago, following a shocking act of impulsive violence on Daniel's part, his daughter, Susan, was ripped from his arms by police. Now in her forties, Susan still suffers from the trauma of a night she doesn't remember. Lois, her maternal grandmother who raised her, tries to find peace in her antique shop in a quaint Florida town but cannot escape her own anger, bitterness, and fear"--Amazon.

In early September of 2001, April is forced to bring her four-year-old daughter, Franny, with her to work at a strip club after her regular babysitter is hospitalized from a panic attack, but when Franny wanders out of the club and disappears, Bassam, a rich foreign client, and a man named AJ, who was thrown out of the club earlier, both become suspects.

A former colonel for the Iranian Air Force believes he can create a new life for himself and his family when he buys an attractive bungalow in the California countryside, and when the cottage's former owner wants her house back, he is willing to do anything to keep it.

A former colonel for the Iranian Air Force believes he can create a new life for himself and his family when he buys an attractive bungalow in the California countryside, and when the cottage's former owner wants her house back, he is willing to do anything to keep it.

A former colonel for the Iranian Air Force believes he can create a new life for himself and his family when he buys an attractive bungalow in the California countryside, and when the cottage's former owner wants her house back, he is willing to do anything to keep it.

Explosive elements converge one early September night in a Florida men's club revealing the seamy underside of American life at the moment before the world changed.

A collection of short stories examines the lives of suburbanites seeking solace and gratification in food, sex, work, and love.

Twenty-three stories representing fifteen years of the author's career explore the polarities of violence and tenderness, destruction and salvation, and hedonism and asceticism.

Collection of fourteen short stories which explore the mysteries of everyday life by an award winning contemporary American author.