The collection's title novella, “The Farmer's Daughter,” opens in the unforgettable voice of a fifteen-year-old girl living a life of solitude in rural Montana, where she has recently moved. Home-schooled by parents who don't fully understand her, she finds escape in the rapture of playing piano and exploring the gorgeous countryside on her horse. Several important mentors teach her that there's more to life than her fundamentalist mother wants...

A remarkable dog saves the day.

A miscellany of musings about aging, love, work, and wisdom. Nevins (b. 1939), an acclaimed producer of TV documentaries who has won numerous Emmy, Peabody, and other awards, makes her literary debut with a collection of essays, poetry, and stories, often entertaining and, as she admits, -sometimes silly.- Frequently, her theme is the assault of aging, beginning with her decision to get a face- and eye-lift, at the age of 56. At the surgeon's office,...

Take one blue and white domestic cat. Add one small brown house mouse. Mix in a handful of chases, stir in a few falling anvils and top it off with one brutish bulldog named Spike. Yields 14 delightful cartoons! This fast and funny collection rises to the occasion with a crazy camping trip (Sasquashed), a chase through a carnival's haunted house (Spook House Mouse), an Alaskan adventure (Northern Light Fish Fight), an encounter with an abominable...

Doc and his dog Sprocket have a hole in their wall, behind which live little furry creatures known as Fraggles. The Fraggles live in a place called Fraggle Rock. The Rock is also home to the Doozers and the Gorgs. One gang of Fraggles (Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober, and Red), under the guidance of the all-knowing Trash Heap, learn about each other and their neighbors and eventually befriend the Doozers, the Gorgs--and even Doc and Sprocket.

Shares humorous poems about such subjects as disco baths, sneaky sisters, nose hairs, and wanting a dog.