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Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the...

Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue - in Marilyn's case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James's case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the centre of every party. But Lydia is under pressures that have nothing to do with...

Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left without a trace when he was nine years old. He doesn't know what happened to her-only that her books have been banned-and he resents that she cared more about her work than about him. Then one day, Bird receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, and soon he is pulled into a quest...

Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the...

Lydia on surnud. Aga seda nad veel ei tea … Marilyn ja James Lee on otsustanud, et just nende lemmiklaps Lydia teeb teoks kõik unistused, mis nende endi jaoks omal ajal kättesaamatuks jäid: Marilyn näeb tütart arstina, mitte koduperenaisena; James soovib, et Lydia oleks koolis populaarne ja aktiivse seltsieluga. Kui kohalikust järvest leitakse Lydia surnukeha, vallandub Leede niigi napilt tasakaalus püsinud perekonnas kaos. Süütundest vaevatud James valib tee, mis võib ta abielu hävitada....

This year's six shortlisted stories for the world's richest short story prize, the £30,000 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award.The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award is the world's most prestigious and richest short story prize, worth £30,000 to the winner. Past winners and shortlisted authors have included the Pulitzer winners Junot Díaz, Anthony Doerr and Adam Johnson, plus Hilary Mantel, Ali Smith, Yiyun Li, CK Stead and Elizabeth Strout.Six Shorts 2017 brings together the six stories...

„Tol suvel Shaker Heightsis kõik ainult sellest rääkisidki: kuidas Isabelle, Richardsonide lastest noorim, oli viimaks ära pööranud ja maja maha põletanud.“ Shaker Heightsis, Clevelandi rauges ja edumeelses eeslinnas, on kõik viimse üksikasjani planeeritud, alates looklevate teede kulgemisest kuni majade värvi ja nende asukate eduka eluni välja. Ja Elena Richardson, kelle elu eesmärgiks on reeglite järgimine, on justkui sellise mõtteviisi elav kehastus. Siis tuleb mängu Mia Warren,...