Thirty-five year old Cassandra (aka Cass, Cassie, Cassidy, and Cassiopeia) Trout is going nowhere fast. Stuck in her hometown of Philadelphia, she spends her lackluster days working retail and running, and then rinse, repeat. But a surprise wedding invitation from an estranged childhood friend is set to change all that.Sally Sellers has made it big in London and is eager to flesh out her guest list. Cass and Sally were once inseparable, sharing everything from boys...

With Jerks, Sara Lippmann rides the proverbial clutch between wanting and having. Ambivalent mothers, aging suburbanites, restless teens, survivalist parents, and disaffected wives—desire is a live wire, however frayed; a reminder that life, for all its sputtering stall outs, is still worth living. The messy characters in these eighteen stories may hack up their bedsheets with group sex, anonymous sex, infidelity, and a literal handsaw, but there's tenderness, too...

In this brilliantly rendered, LA Times Book Prize nominated debut collection (as well as Longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award), Sara Lippmann draws the reader into the intimate lives of characters seeking connection beyond their scripted worlds. She captures the beguiling transformation from child to adult with humor, heartache, and desperation. From grieving mothers to fathers adrift, old flames to restless teens, isolated characters in Doll Palace ar...

Provocative new readings of biblical texts by major contemporary Jewish writers.Finalist for the 2025 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Religion categoryLot's daughters rebel against their predatory father, Jacob wrestles an angel in a queer underground nightclub, Job arrives in the form of an avaricious former sorority girl-Smashing the Tablets presents a collection of provoca...

Ein besonderes Reitabenteuer: Conni und Anna lernen Hobby Horsing Ein Wochenende auf dem Ponyhof mit Anna? Klar, dass Conni ihre beste Freundin begleiten muss! Doch dann stehen die beiden als Einzige in voller Reitmontur in einer Sporthalle. Bei der Anmeldung haben sie übersehen, dass sie sich für Hobby Horsing angemeldet haben. Erst finden sie das total peinlich. Mit Stecken-Ponys selbst herumrennen? Je länger Conni mitmacht, desto besser gefällt ihr der Sport. Außerdem sind die anderen K...