DOLORES: Seven Stories About Her
by Bruce Brooks
HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060278188
144 pages
I'm reading this one now. It follows Dolores and her family through seven stories spanning eleven years, starting with a life-changing event at a Wal-Mart.
ONE HOT SECOND: Stories of Desire
edited by Cathy Young
Random House
ISBN: 0375812032
192 pages
The title says it all... stories of desire by some of the hottest YA authors. I admit skimming this in the bookstore already!
12 AGAIN
by Sue Corbett
Dutton Books
ISBN: 0525468994
160 pages
I'm looking forward to reading this one (coming in July) by a new author. It is about 40-year-old Bernadette, who suddenly becomes "12 again" and her 12-year-old son, Patrick, who wonders where his mother has gone.
THE MAN WHO ATE THE 747
by Ben Sherwood
Bantam Books
ISBN: 0553582801
288 pages
The story of a man trying to set a world record... for the greatest love of all.
BIG MOUTH AND UGLY GIRL
by Joyce Carol Oates
HarperCollins
ISBN: 0066237580
272 pages
Already read it, plan to read it again. High school, just as real and complicated as I remember it.
