Dividing Line
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A young girl in a hurry to grow up. A college student who tests the bonds of friendship. A man shackled by a problem he cannot face. An immigrant desperate to secure the American Dream. A woman whose jealousy prompts a shocking act of cruelty. These are some of the characters that populate Mary Langton’s first collection of fiction. Readers of Langton’s essays are already familiar with her wit and insight. The stories in Dividing Line once again display those qualities, along with an uncommon understanding of the complexities of the human heart.
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A young girl in a hurry to grow up. A college student who tests the bonds of friendship. A man shackled by a problem he cannot face. An immigrant desperate to secure the American Dream. A woman whose jealousy prompts a shocking act of cruelty. These are some of the characters that populate Mary Langton’s first collection of fiction. Readers of Langton’s essays are already familiar with her wit and insight. The stories in Dividing Line once again display those qualities, along with an uncommon understanding of the complexities of the human heart.
About the Author
Mary Langton has been a schoolteacher, a newspaper columnist, and a radio personality. She is the author of the essay collections "Sense and Nonsense" and "The Bright Processional." Originally from Queens, she lives in Orange County, New York.