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". a novel filled with characters you'll swear you know . Solitary Hearts reflects the author's own innate sense of compassion." Sandra Redding Off the Shelf Greensboro News & Record "A compelling journey into the human soul, Solitary Hearts is a terrific book club read that sparks much intriguing discussion. The colorful characters make it a 'must read' from cover to cover." Burlington Bibliognosts Club Burlington, N Solitary Hearts is the story of one woman's struggle to stand up in her own life and accept herself. A courageous widow whose curiosity and spunk enable her to make new friends. Wise and caring, Elizabeth Clay soon becomes a treasured companion willing to listen to the things her friends need to say-even the difficult words of grief and pain. She is one big heart happy to be so needed until a life changing event causes Elizabeth to question all that she loves and believes in. "Solitary Hearts has a quiet power that sneaks up on you, a story told simply and elegantly with a great deal of warmth." Ann Hamilton writer/producer thirtysomething, Party of Five, Grey's Anatomy (WGA Award 2006, Best New Series)

“Nobody writes better about falling in love than Alice Adams. . . . How can one person know so much?” --The New York Times Book Review With appearances in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and Redbook, as well as in the O. Henry Award collections for eight consecutive years, Alice Adams had established herself as a master craftsman of the short story when she published her first collection. Her well-honed skill is on abundant\t display in this collection of 16 wonderful stories that encompass a wide range of mood and situation. All are linked in the delicacy and ease of their unfolding, and in the certitude of their revelations, and in the consistency of their theme: Love. Included are “Winter Rain,” “Roses, Rhododendron,” “Home is Where,” “Jealous Husband.”

“Alice Adams has an inimitable ‘voice’–quick, deft, brilliantly evocative and specific. There is always something special about a story of hers, like a watercolor perfectly executed.” --Joyce Carol Oates Award-winning writer Alice Adams, whose major themes were the varied lives of contemporary women and the hidden workings of human relationships is equally treasured for her short stories and her novels. The stories collected here represent the full range of her career, which included 25 appearances in The New Yorker, 6 O.Henry First Prizes out of a total of 23 appearances, as well as inclusion in numerous Best American Short Stories anthologies. In story after story insight joins with grace to show us the truth about the lives of people around us. Included: “Verlie I Say Unto You,” “Beautiful Girl,” “The Swastika on the Door,” “Greyhound People,” “The Girl Across the Room,” Truth or Consequences,” “Separate Planes,” “Your Doctor Loves You,” “Old Love Affairs,” “Earthquake Damage,” and 43 other classic stories.