The Shoplifter's Apprentice Stories Author:Ellen Lesser Beautifully crafted and filled with penetrating observations, this uncommon short story collection pulses with intensity and truth. Here, Ellen Lesser writes of self-possessed young women who conscientiously make their ways in the world -- and find in it deeper, more intricate connections than they ever imagined. A woman sees a man s... more »teal a bottle of champagne, then becomes his student in the oddly exhilarating art of shoplifting; an isolated proofreader is drawn into the simple world of a retarded neighbor; a model poses nude for an attractive artist and begins to wonder where the line between art and physical desire is drawn.« less