A Jeweler's Eye for Flaw: Stories

by Christie Hodgen

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In this striking debut collection, Christie Hodgen examines the shifting fortunes of several hard-pressed American families, charting their triumphs and failures with honesty and precision. Humor, loneliness, optimism, and despair commingle in these memorable stories.

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Great book. Hodgen writes about dysfunctional people and families in a way that is both funny and sad. This reader found the characters to be entirely believable despite their very bizarre situations. The role of family in determining who we are is interestingly explored. (

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AWP Award (Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction – 2001)

PEN/Hemingway Award (Nominee – Finalist - 2003)

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In this striking debut collection, Christie Hodgen examines the shifting fortunes of several hard-pressed American families, charting their triumphs and failures with honesty and precision. Humor, loneliness, optimism, and despair commingle in these memorable stories.

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