FabulousFrom the author of the sophisticated and erudite Peculiar Ground (Boston Globe) comes a collection of classic, witty fables, elegantly updated for our modern times. It's in the nature of myth to be infinitely adaptable. Each of these startlingly original stories is set in modern Britain. Their characters include a people trafficking gang master and a prostitute, a migrant worker and a cocksure estate agent, an elderly musician doubly befuddled by

its passions and betrayals

A Headstrong Princess: Eadlyn isn’t looking for a prince charming

emotionally powerful delivery remains the Gold Standard for country singers

and ringing with emotion without ever dipping into sentimentality

Putting him at the center of a new generation of leading men emerging in the early 1990s— including Johnny Depp

Is it the greatest miracle ever

who used her Gold Rush wealth to fund abolition

How did a kid from the Bronx become one of the most respected leaders on the world stage

Miranda provides detailed instructions for gentle exercise designed to ease discomfort in the feet and ankles

that fifteen-year-old Patsy learns about her father’s troubling liaison with Sally Hemings

of his willingness to trust others—and himself—again

As a boy hardly in his teens