Selected Shorts - For Better and for Worse

Recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City and at venues across the United States, these audio anthologies feature short stories from the "Selected Shorts" program that airs on public radio nation-wide. Over 300,000 listeners tune in to this offering weekly to hear some of their favourite tales read aloud by distinguished actors. From a couple's rocky, college love affair that lasts a lifetime and a mother who nervously chaperones her retarded daughter's honeymoon to a supernatural tale of marriage and transformation and a grieving man who buries his young wife and makes amends with her family - this anthology captures the powerful and complicated lives of married couples.Among the stories are Sherman Alexie's "Do You Know Where I Am?" read by Keir Dullea; Karen E. Bender's "Eternal Love," read by Joanne Woodward; Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Wife's Story," read by Joanna Gleason; Shahrnush Parsipur's "Mrs. Farrokhlaqa Sadraldivan Golchehreh," translated by Kamran Talattof and Jocelyn Sharlet and read by Frances Sternhagen; and Luis Alberto Urrea's "Bid Farewell to Her Many Horses," read by Robert Sean Leonard.

ISBN 193403309X   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9781934033098 (What's this?)   Volumes 3 Publisher Symphony Space   Weight (grammes) 159 Imprint Symphony Space   Published in New York Format Audio CD   Height (mm) 140 Publication date 01 Oct 2008   Width (mm) 140 Playing time (mins) 180   Spine width (mm) 18 DEWEY 947.22   Academic level General

"Like marriages themselves, "For Better and for Worse" has many wonderful moments, which make the collection worth committing to for a few hours." --"Publishers Weekly"

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