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Because a Fire Was in My HeadBuy this book | More infoKate Riley is an unusual heroine, a beautiful, ambitious woman who rejects the conventional roles of women in her 1950s rural community. The premature death of her beloved father, coupled with a corrosive relationship with her mother, prompts Kate to flee her hometown in desperate search of happiness and approval. Set against the backdrop of the sweeping social and economic changes that followed World War II, the story takes us from the plains of rural Saskatchewan to the bustling cities of Vancouver, Seattle, and San Francisco—through a succession of lovers, and of children born and abandoned, as Kate makes one bad choice after another. Mention code STEWEB to receive a 20% discount when ordering through the University of Nebraska Press. |
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Pipers at the Gates of DawnBuy this book | More infoIn the space of less than a year, three people in a small New England village make life-defining decisions. When a stranger moves into Harrow—a stranger without a past and without a conscience—old conflicts flare, threatening familiar foundations, and exposing possibilities of new ones. In the tradition of Winesburg, Ohio, Lynn Stegner takes the linked story form to new heights as she explores the interactions of circumstance and temperament in determining people's choices in the face of their unsettled issues. |
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Fata MorganaBuy this book | More infoAn intense relationship in boarding school confuses the identities of two young women, leading to enlightenment for one, murder for the other. |
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UndertowBuy this book | More infoA brilliant marine biologist’s last and best chance for happiness in a relationship is threatened by feelings about an abusive father. The relationship she shatters with a senseless infidelity resumes on solid ground when, while doing research on killer whales, she faces her own needs and begins to stand up for them. |
