<p>Lois Ann Abraham grew up in the Southwest and attended the University of New Mexico, where she won the Freshman Honors prize one semester and dropped out the next. After a brief but enjoyable stint as a singer/songwriter in Berkeley, she completed her education and taught English at American River College in Sacramento where she resides with her sisters and cats. She is the author of <em>Circus Girl and Other Stories</em> and <em>Tina Goes to Heaven. </em></p>
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<p><strong><em>Circus Girl and Other Stories</em></strong><br/>
A little girl discovers the power of the creative impulse. A woman remembers her first confusing sexual encounter. An aging flower child travels to Mexico to save her daughter. A baby is born with blue feet. A man ponders his ex-wife's last word. A collection of short stories in which characters thirst for clarity, self-discovery, a new life…</p>
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<strong><em>Tina Goes to Heaven</em></strong><br/>
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An irreverent and madcap coming-of-age novel about a resilient woman's journey to find a place to finally call home. After a successful bank robbery to fund her escape from a sordid life, Tina ends up stranded at a rustic fishing resort in the Sierra Nevada. To stay there and remain safe, she must find a way to make herself indispensable to the proprietor…</p>
