Operation Wandering Soul
Richard Powers
Operation Wandering Soul by Richard Powers is an acclaimed literary masterpiece celebrating major critical honors and timeless storytelling.
Read Time: ~3.2 hr
Come to Me: Stories
by Amy Bloom (1993)
About this book
This is a collection of 12 short stories by apracticing psychotherapist. It deals with deviant behavior, such as incest between a mother and her stepson, a wife'sdistracted thoughts during sex and a family coping withtheir schizophrenic daughter.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraLate 20th Century
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters
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