Harriet Doerr

National Book Award-winner Harriet Doerr's stories are subtle and lyrical, powerful and addictive. Drawing on the groundwork from her previous novels, Stones for Ibarra and Consider This, SeNora, Ms. Doerr leads the listener into elegant tales where fate hovers, just out of sight, like a tiger in the grass. This superb collection includes The Extinguishing of Great-Aunt Alice, Way Stations, Like Heaven, and Edie: A Life.

This is the story of Sara and Richard Everton, a couple embarked on a journey of renewal. They leave a house and job in San Francisco and travel to the small Mexican village of Ibarra to reopen a copper mine, abandoned in 1910 by Richard's grandfather. They also plan to restore the family home, a crumbling reminder of the past. However, they learn that Richard is dying of leukemia.