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The Secrets of a Fire King: Stories
Author: Kim Edwards

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Publisher: Penguin
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780143112303 - ISBN-10: 0143112309
Publication Date: 5/29/2007
Pages: 272

Book Description:
Eleven stories set in various parts of the world. In Sky Juice, a girl in Malaysia escapes prostitution by becoming a mail-order bride, The Way It Felt to Be Falling is on a woman sky diver, and in The Story of My Life a woman discovers her anti-abortion mother is no saint herself.

Contents: The Great Chain of Being -- Spring, Mountain, Sea -- A Gleaming in the Darkness -- Balance -- The Way it Felt to be Falling -- The Invitation -- Aristotle's Lantern -- The Secrets of a Fire King -- Thirst -- Sky Juice -- Gold -- In the Garden -- Rat Stories -- The Story of my Life.

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Becky C. (Carwells) wrote on 7/26/2007...

4 member(s) found this review helpful.

Wonderful reading. All the short stories just send you to another place. I could hardly put the book down the author writes in such a beautiful flowing way that keeps you reading and reading. This is the first book of her's I have read and will continue to read more and more. Eliquence in liturature.

Susan K. (zuska1) wrote on 7/23/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I love Kim Edwards as a writer, this book is compiled of short stories. I must admit I liked some of the short stories more than others


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Toni B. (Twintoni) wrote on 6/8/2009...


This is a great book of stories, very thought provoking. Some are heart breaking, others are fantasies that seem very real. I loved the book.

Teresa M. (coolmom62) wrote on 11/25/2008...


I enjoyed this book!! It was a quick read and the author really grabbed my interest with the short stories.

MELISSA L. (WISSA2278) wrote on 6/2/2008...


Taken from back cover:
Eleven stories set in various parts of the world. In Sky Juice, a girl in Malaysia escapes prostitution by becoming a mail-order bride, The Way It Felt to Be Falling is on a woman sky diver, and in The Story of My Life a woman discovers her anti-abortion mother is no saint herself.

I really enjoyed this book. It is a series of short stories, roughly 20 pages each. They were all great stories, leaving you wanting more and wishing, in some cases, that the story was a whole book so you could see what would happen. I really enjoyed The Memory Keeper's Daughter, so I was happy that the author did not disappoint me with this one.


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