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c2011., Adult, DC Books Call No: QWF Fic Abr Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: With wit and sensitivity, these tales portray moments of suffering, confusion and discovery. Also, the reader is introduced to a wide variety of worlds, worlds that reveal Abray's deep understanding of how people engage with-and become obsessed by-activities such as Japanese kite-making, bees, daycare, alcohol, and motorcycle maintenance. How does the activity reveal the person? How the problem? Abray's stories push full-on into the world of obsessions.
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2023. Call No: NEW QWF Fic Abr Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Edward Tilman wants to write a novel about a filmmaker, but he doesn't know enough about making movies. His research launches him on a creative adventure that strains his family bonds, stalls his career and lures him to other countries--toting a book, a camera and a laptop computer. .
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2017., DC Books Call No: QWF Fic Abr Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Dispirited by his performance review, Will Gough sets out to redeem himself by updating his company's quality control procedures, while casting a hopeful eye toward other career opportunities. Despite his best intentions, his work troubles follow him home--to his wife and two sons, where empty yogurt containers are half-sacred, technology a source of childhood wonder, and the business of the world bumps against the quiet walls that protect the rhythms of family life. It's difficult to pull off a portrait of a nice guy in ordinary circumstances, going through the stress of daily living and tensions surrounding job and career opportunities, and he does it very well in simple, understated prose. No sensationalism or alien beings or suicidal desperation or academic angst or terrorist attacks or other assorted rampages and violations: just a life without earthshaking incident, but subtly humorous and convincing.
