Women in Their Beds: New and Selected Stories

Gina Berriault. Counterpoint LLC, $16.5 (352pp) ISBN 978-1-887178-38-9

Launching Counterpoint's Classic Short Fiction series are Berricault's 1996 NBCC prize winner and a collection of 56 stories from the author of Mrs. Bridge. (May)

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