Across the Water: Tales of the Human Heart

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In the words of award-winning author Phil Harvey, "We rarely recognize the extent to which human happiness requires emotional struggle." That's amply demonstrated in this moving collection, which explores love and the relationships it spawns--with lovers, parents, children, friends, and neighbors. From headline-making issues to everyday jealousies to acts of tenderness, Harvey's stories offer a subtly reflective journey into the meaning of being human.*Why would a man retreat into the Alaskan wilderness while his sister, an Iraq veteran, undergoes reconstructive surgery?*How does a well dug in a remote Indian village forever change the lives of a local woman and the aid worker who loves her?*What will Luisa choose--rat on her boyfriend or go to prison for ten years?*Can a stockbroker transported into prehistory find the sense of community that eluded him in the modern era?*Will the bond of friendship between two men withstand the power of an unspoken truth?