Presents a collection of twenty short stories of ambition, romance, gender, and war by a number of new and established writers such as Paula Fox, John Updike, Sherman Alexie, and others.
When he is left behind at the house of a very bad little girl, Santa's grouchiest elf must find a way to improve her behavior so that Santa will return the following Christmas and take him back to the North Pole.
Tassie Keltjin, a twenty-year-old girl from a small town, comes of age as a college student while the U.S. prepares for war in the Middle East, and when she takes a part-time job as a nanny, she encounters various emotional and political issues and learns more about herself.
Tassie Keltjin, a twenty-year-old girl from a small town, comes of age as a college student while the U.S. prepares for war in the Middle East, and when she takes a part-time job as a nanny, she encounters various emotional and political issues and learns more about herself.
When he is left behind at the house of a very bad little girl, Santa's grouchiest elf must find a way to improve her behavior so that Santa will return the following Christmas and take him back to the North Pole.
