A BOY LIKE ASTRID’S MOTHER<i> by Mae Briskin (W.W. Norton: $16.95; 194 pp.) </i>
Exquisitely wrought stories that not only astonish the reader with their technical sophistication but restore his flagging faith in humanity. There’s not much more one can ask of any book.
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