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Breathe At Every Other Stroke

Stories

By: Pamela Gullard

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Life is suspended for the characters in this striking debut collection. Frozen with loss, numbed by the drudgery of routine, stalked by ghosts, or scared by their own violence, they hunker down and wait--for the return of sanity, new love, bloody revenge, self-control, or just enough courage to take one small risk. Distinguished by psychological acuity and nuanced prose, each of these dozen stories involves a quiet--but pivotal--shift: villains become heroes, a fall proves to be redemption, a wrong is righted--or made worse. An aspiring nightclub singer joins a group of people waiting for the demolition of a condemned bridge; a jogger who thinks he's conquered his violent past is undone by a surprise visit from his grandson; a saleswoman who prides herself on her quick understanding of customers realizes, in the course of a holdup, that she understands less than she thought. All struggle to balance the joys of freedom with the comforts of safety, the dangers of chaos with the reassurance of restraint. Liberally laced with the color and texture of teh pacific Northwest--San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland--Breathe at Every Other Stroke introduces a writer of sharp and singular observations. With sly wit and broad compassion, Pamela Gullard depicts the bumpy acquisition of wisdom.

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Metropolitan Books

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1466881461

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9781466881464

Life on the San Andreas Fault

A History of Portola Valley

By: Nancy Lund,Pamela K. Gullard

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Life on the San Andreas Fault

A History of Portola Valley

By: Nancy Lund,Pamela K. Gullard

A beautifully designed book, carefully printed and bound, the result of five years research and 1.5 years in production, this book relates the history of a small town in a seismically unstable but utterly beautiful valley near Palo Alto CA. From the native Ohlone inhabitants through the Spanish & Mexican occupation and the American conquest, and on through 19th and 20th century development, the town survived battles over land titles and water rights, bizarre agricultural ventures, earthquakes and landslides, to become a pioneer in the preservation of open space and a model of cooperation among citizens struggling for the common good. Profusely illustrated with maps, photographs, and superb paintings.

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276

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0942087194

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9780942087192

PRIVATE HIST & CONFESSION OF P

By: Pamela 1817-1853 Lee,Augustus Dimick

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PRIVATE HIST & CONFESSION OF P

By: Pamela 1817-1853 Lee,Augustus Dimick

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Wentworth Press

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