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Tales of Burning Love (NY, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996)

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Book Details: Tales of Burning Love

1996 hardcover edition (ISBN 0060176059): jacket design by Honi Werner, jacket photography by Eileen Cowin, backcover author photograph by Michael Dorris.

Tales (paper)


 

Subject Headings Assigned: Tales of Burning Love

Divorced women -- North Dakota -- Fiction
Blizzards -- North Dakota -- Fiction
Funerals -- North Dakota -- Fiction

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Summary: Tales of Burning Love

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Table of Contents: Tales of Burning Love

PART ONE  Jack of Sunflowers
Easter Snow  1981  Williston, North Dakota
Hot June Morning  1994  Argus, North Dakota
A Wedge of Shade  JUNE 1994  Dot
White Musk  OCTOBER 1993  Eleanor
Trust in the Known  JUNE 1994  Argus, North Dakota
Night Prayer  JUNE 1994  Eleanor, Leopolda, and Jack
The Meadowlark  AUGUST 1994  Dot and Jack
Caryl Moon  MAY 1994
Jack's House  DECEMBER 31, 1994


PART TWO  Blackjack Night
Memoria  JANUARY 5, 1995  Fargo
Radio Bulletin  JANUARY 5, 1995
Satin Heart  JANUARY 5, 1995
Caryl Moon  JANUARY 1, 12:01 A.M.
The First Draw  AUGUST 1992  Jack Mauser
The Garage  JANUARY 1, 1995  Jack
The B & B  JANUARY 5, 1995  West Fargo, North Dakota
The Owl  JANUARY 1995  Jack Mauser
The Hitchhiker  JANUARY 5, 1995  Dot, Eleanor, Candace, and Marlis
Secrets and Sugar Babies  JANUARY 6, 12:15 A.M.


PART THREE  The Tales of Burning Love
Eleanor's Tale  JANUARY 6, 12:55 A.M.  THE LEAP
The Red Slip  JANUARY 6, 1:27 A.M.  Eleanor
The Box  WINTER 1983  Lawrence Schlick
Funeral Day  JANUARY 5, 1995  Fargo
Surviving Sleep  JANUARY 6, 2:22 A.M.  Dot, Candice, Eleanor, and Marlis
Candice's Tale  JANUARY 6, 2:44 A.M.  THE LEVELS
The Wandering Room  JANUARY 6, 3:10 A.M.  Candice
Marlis's Tale  JANUARY 6, 3:38 A.M.  LUCK
Best Western  JANUARY 6, 4:02 A.M.  Marlis
Baptism River  JANUARY 6, 4:41 A.M.  Candice and Marlis
The Waiting Room  Candice and Marlis
Rotating Wild  JANUARY 6, 5:52 A.M.  Eleanor


PART FOUR  Balancing Tricks
A Conversation  JANUARY 6, 6:25 A.M.  Eleanor
The Tale of the Unknown Passenger  JANUARY 6, 6:37 A.M.
Blizzard Night  JANUARY 5 TO JANUARY 6, 1995  Jack
The Disappearance  JANUARY 6, 7:00 A.M.
Two Front-Page Articles
Smile of the Wolf  JANUARY 6, 7:40 A.M.  Gerry and Shawn
Mauser and Mauser  JANUARY 7, 1995   Jack, Jack Junior, Lyman Lamartine
February Thaw  Dot
Spring Morning  March 1995  Marlis
Spring Afternoon  march 1995  Candice
A Light from the West  AUGUST 1995  Anna and Lawrence
The Stone Virgin  APRIL 1995  Jack
A Letter to the Bishop  JULY 6, 1995
A Last Chapter  Eleanor and Jack

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