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The Dealmaker

by Edward Francisco

Viola Sykes is an unlikely heroine. Her son Harold, a shell-shocked veteran of World War II, has been murdered for threatening to expose key figures in a bootlegging and political conspiracy. Poorly educated and with few resources, Viola must match wits with the suspected culprit, Loather Parrish, a notorious political boss whose intelligence is equaled only by his capacity for evil. In her efforts at retribution, Viola struggles to prevent her daughter from becoming another pawn in Loather Parris's political machinations. To secure their freedom, Viola pursues a daring tactic: she commits herself to an infamous mental hospital. more on this book

“...a considerable talent....”
—Pulitzer Prizewinner Robert Coles

Available in cloth September 2002/
280 pages / 5 x 9" / $29.95
 

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Death, Child, & Love:Poems 1980-2000

by Edward Francisco

“Edward Francisco's poems, deeply moving, rooted in love of family, memory-haunting in their evocations, are written by a master of language. His opening poem is about the suicide of his mother, his closing poem about his love for his wife. In the pages between are fine poems of other loves and affiliations written by a person who has lived life fully, taken its challenges, lost and won as all people do, and yet remains fast in his belief that goodness may be found in belief and devotion.” more on this book
—George Scarbrough, Pulitzer nominee for Invitation to Kim

paper / 108 pages / 5.5 x 8.5" / $17.95
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The Old Ones
of New Mexico

by Robert Coles
photographs by Alex Harris

“Superbly presented. As a collective portrait this book allows its subjects to reveal themselves with a directness and an immediacy that renders social analysis of their situation of their situation almost superfluous.”
—The New Republic

“An eloquent picture of the hard but productive and fulfilling lives of these rural people. Coles and photographer Alex Harris were able to break through the reticence of these people and have captured the essence of their lives.”
—San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle

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paper / 100 pages/ 40 photographs /
8.5 x 10" / $29.95

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