English
UK 22
Richard Marsh
An Old-Fashioned Christmas
childhood - Christmas - coming of age - family - funny - loneliness - love

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UK 20
immigration - marriage - office life - relationships - witty - young love

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Canada 20
Cory Doctorow
By His Things Shall You Know Him
death - father and son - irony - memories - psychological - technology

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USA 9
Geoff Schmidt
The Real Mother’s Song
American culture - childhood - death - family

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USA 34
David Jauss
Glossolalia
despair - father and son - guilt - tragedy

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USA 5
fairy-tale - family - father and daughter - feminism

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USA 17
Peter Brown
The Lie
American literature - coming of age - death - family

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USA 29
female authors - marriage - relationships - religion

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USA 5
Victoria Redel
Make Me Do Things
coming of age - funny - irony - mother and son - witty

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Canada 4
Jessica Treat
Meat Eaters & Plant Eaters
animals - childhood - death - mother and son

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USA 3
Jessica Hollander
How to Be a Prisoner
coming of age - family - funny - young love

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USA 17
K.L. Cook
Filament
American culture - family - violence

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