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We encounter such people as two young women selling central heating door to door in London, an Iranian immigrant selling used cars in Berkeley and a young Native American girl in a foster home visiting with her birth mother. In each case, the situation breaks open into something more than the purely personal, into something moral or political. Eight of the 13 stories feature the same protagonists-Maria, Ruthie and Annie-at different points in their lives, and explore the ways in which girls and women grow into themselves, sometimes nurturing others as well as themselves, sometimes not being able to, or allowed to, nurture themselves at all. Characters in other stories intersect with one of these three in either direct or subtle ways. From either side of the Atlantic, Horse Thief is about being alive and developing survival skills in the face of adversity.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49624578949393,"sku":"GOR009586991","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49909682143505,"sku":"CIN1931896100G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1931896100.jpg?v=1750771015"},{"product_id":"raven-chronicles-journal-vol-25-book-anna-balint-9780997946833","title":"Raven Chronicles Journal Vol. 25","description":"Raven Chronicles Journal Vol. 25: writers and artists examine the theme Balancing Acts, how we live our life, fully, and maintain our relationship with the earth\/planet and the diversity of life on it. Biodiversity is balance in the dance of nature. The U.S. contributors in this Balancing Acts-themed Journal live in seventeen states-Washington, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, California, Oregon, Illinois, New Jersey, Virginia, Idaho, New York, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Alabama, Wisconsin, Florida, Washington, D.C.; and 52% are from Washington State. Contributors, particularly visual artists, also hail from ten countries-U.S., Germany, Colombia, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Canada, Chile, Singapore. We are especially pleased to present the work of a selection of established and emerging writers from New Zealand as part of the Sister Cities Program, a collaboration between Seattle and Christchurch, New Zealand. Talk about synchronicity  Just as we were getting ready to go to press with this Journal, we heard the announcement on October 31, 2017, that Seattle had been designated as a UNESCO City of Literature, after all the hard work by the folks at Seattle City of Literature  Congratulations to Stesha Brandon, Bob Redmond, et al, and Ryan Boudinot-who did the heavy lifting early on and produced a vivid book of Reflections From A Community of Writers, Seattle City of Literature, Sasquatch Books, 2015. Poetry, Fiction, Essays, Creative Nonfiction, Reviews by: Anita Endrezze, Edward Harkness, vivan linder levi, Dana Nelson Dudley, Matt Briggs, Daniel Carter, JT Stewart, Anna Balint, Thomas Hubbard, Doc Drumheller, Fiona Farrell, Erik Kennedy, Nic Low, Frankie McMillan, Heather McQuillan, Avis M. Adams, Kathleen Alcala, Luther Allen, Janee J. Baugher, Kyce Bello, Eleanor Berry, Danielle D. Billing, Michelle Brooks, Thomas Brush, Sarah Capdeville, Nancy Christopherson, Ng Yu Ci, Deborrah Corr, Mary Eliza Crane, Sharon Cumberland, Chris Espenshade, Anne Frantilla, CMarie Fuhrman, Rafael Jesus Gonzalez, Alicia Hokanson, David D. Horowitz, Jill McCabe Johnson, Susan Johnson, Barbara Johnstone, Eugenia Kim, Sarah E.N. Kohrs, Daniel Lee, David Lukas, Jamie McGillen, Jayne Marek, Gigi Marks, Ruby Hansen Murray, Jed Myers, Michael O'Brien, John Olson, Anna Reaney, Luisa Kay Reyes, Mary Lou Sanelli, Heidi Seaborn, Dave Seter, Judith Skillman, T.J. Smith, Willie Smith, Joannie Stangeland, Scott T. Starbuck, Mary Ellen Talley, Carter Vance, Angie Trudell Vasquez, Sarah Brown Weitzman, Andrena Zawinski, Kristin Camitta Zimet, Laura Lee Bennett, Jim Cantu, David Fewster, Larry Laurence, Julianne Seeman, Mayumi Tsutakawa, Carolyne Wright, Rita Wirkala. The work of Artists: Daniel Ableev, Germany, David Anderson, Nebraska, Anna Balint, Seattle, Phoebe Bosche, Seattle, Michelle Brooks, New Mexico, Vivian Calderon Bogoslavsky, Colombia, Alexander Chernavskiy, Russia, Anita Endrezze, Washington, Paul Flippen, Colorado, Jeff Niles Hacking, Washington, Henry Hu, Australia, Doug Johnson, Washington, Sarah E.N. 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