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Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize: “Thought-provoking, poignant, brutal, amusing, and always beautiful.”—Elizabeth Berg

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"Howe is a careful and soulful alchemist. She makes metaphor matter and material metaphysical. She becomes magic with her transforming perspective that is part mother, part muscle, part music, part mind. This book has the amazing thing that Howe always seems to pull off: the miracle." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
"In Marie Howe's new collection... we delve into the connection between regular life and the intensified life inspired by revelation." -- Washington Post Book World
"A lovely, clearheaded collection." -- Austin Chronicle
"An avid eye for the glint of gold." -- Booklist

The Kingdom of Ordinary Time

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    A Paperback / softback by Marie Howe

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: 22/09/2009
      ISBN13: 9780393337341, 978-0393337341
      ISBN10: 0393337340
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize: “Thought-provoking, poignant, brutal, amusing, and always beautiful.”—Elizabeth Berg

      Trade Review
      "Howe is a careful and soulful alchemist. She makes metaphor matter and material metaphysical. She becomes magic with her transforming perspective that is part mother, part muscle, part music, part mind. This book has the amazing thing that Howe always seems to pull off: the miracle." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
      "In Marie Howe's new collection... we delve into the connection between regular life and the intensified life inspired by revelation." -- Washington Post Book World
      "A lovely, clearheaded collection." -- Austin Chronicle
      "An avid eye for the glint of gold." -- Booklist

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