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Books by Ida Jessen

A Postcard for Annie

“Jessen's writing is graceful, unhurried, convincing.”  —Kirkus Reviews

Ida Jessen follows the inner lives of several women on the brink, or the sidelines, of catastrophe in this prize-winning collection of stories

Written with the same narrative generosity, the same belief in the dignity and voice of her characters as Marilynne Robinson

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A Change of Time

A penetrating study of a woman who, in the wake of her domineering husband's death, must embrace her newfound freedom and redefine herself.

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