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The Secrets of a Fire King Stories

Pages
272
Published
2007
Language
English

Synopsis

The first story collection from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Memory Keeper's Daughter With The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards touched hearts across the nation. In this, her first collection of stories-now with three new stories added-she explores the lives of those who exist on the fringes of society: a fire-eater, an American and his Korean war bride, Madame Curie's maid, and others. Though their tales vary dramatically, each comes up against the barriers of place and circumstance in the most universal of experiences: the quest to discover and understand the elusive mysteries of love. Transporting readers to exotic locations, this beautiful collection reinforces Edwards's presence as an extraordinarily gifted writer.

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About the author

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Kim Edwards

Kim Edwards is an American novelist and short-story writer, born May 4, 1958, in Killeen, Texas. She holds a B.A. from Colgate University and an MFA in fiction and MA in linguistics from the University of Iowa, where she attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her debut story collection, The Secrets of a Fire King, was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award and won the Whiting Writers' Award and the Nelson Algren Award. Her first novel, The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2005), spent over two years on t...

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