Double happiness

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"...The stories in 'Double Happiness' are extraordinary portrayals of the ordinariness of life. By pinpointing those moments of discord when personal needs and morality clash with circumstances beyond our control, Hughes challenges our concepts of responsibility, trust, resilience, and betrayal..."--Front flap.

subjects: Parent and child,  Interpersonal relations,  Man-woman relationships,  Newlyweds,  Fiction,  New York Times reviewed,  Fiction, short stories (single author),  Fathers and daughters, fiction,  Atlantic city (n.j.), fiction,  New york (n.y.), fiction