The Age of Miracles Stories Author:Ellen Gilchrist An observation of family life at its least conventional. These stories portray human longing and love as an elderly couple find joy and recognition, a physician tries to mould his lover into the image of his dead wife and some children kidnap their mother to stop her having a facelift. — A statue of Aphrodite Madison at 69th, a fable A wedding in... more » Jackson Too much rain, or, the assault of the mold spores Paris The Raintree Street bar and washerteria Among the mourners The stucco house The blue house Love at the center Joyce Death comes to a hero The divorce The uninsured Love of my life Going to join the poets« less