Turning Hearts: Short Stories on Family Life
by Orson Scott Card (Editor), David Dollahite (Editor)
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Last time I reviewed a book of short stories, I complained that the stories felt unfinished or unresolved. This book has the opposite problem: The resolutions are too tidy. Almost every story opens with a major problem, which is then easily resolved in 10 to 20 pages. Sons forgive fathers, longstanding feuds between extended family members are resolved, and (I kid you not) it turns out that the kids get to keep the puppy after all. Some of the stories in this anthology rise above the others, notably the ones by Orson Scott Card, Margaret Blair Young, and Sharon Downing Jarvis, but most of them are too trite to be worthwhile.
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Orson Scott Byron Walley Card, was born in 1951 and studied theater at Brigham Young University. He received his B.A. in 1975 and his M.A. in English in 1981. He wrote plays during that time, including Stone Tables (1973) and the musical, Father, Mother, Mother and Mom (1974). A Mormon, Scott served a two-year mission in Brazil before starting show more work as a journalist in Utah. He also designed games at Lucas Film Games, 1989-92. He is best known for his science fiction novels, including the popular Ender series. Well known titles include A Planet Called Treason (1979), Treasure Box (1996), and Heartfire (1998). He has also written the guide called How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy (1990). His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead, both won Hugo and Nebula awards, making Card the only author to win both prizes in consecutive years. His titles Shadows in Flight, Ruins and Ender's Game made The New York Times Best Seller List. He is also the author of The First Formic War Series, which includes the titles Earth Unaware, Earth Afire, and Earth Awakens. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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