The Whore's Child and Other Stories

by Richard Russo

A first collection of short fiction by the author of Empire Falls explores the mysteries and complexities of human behavior and motivation as he reveals the lives of his characters--a jaded Hollywood filmmaker, a precocious fifth-grader watching his parents' marriage disintegrate, a child forced into a harrowing cross-country escape, and a septuagenarian nun. 50,000 first printing.

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