PreviewsKaren Hofmann

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  A Brief View from the Coastal Suite

  Karen Hofmann

  This sequel to What Is Going to Happen Next sees the Lund siblings reunited in the economically turbulent Vancouver of 2008. Cleo, an architectural designer and mother; Mandalay, an artist and single mother of twins; and Cliff and Ben, who run a landscape company together, differ widely in their values with respect to money, relationships, and the environment.

  (NeWest Press, $21.95 Paperback, 336 pages, ISBN: 978-17-74390-17-7)  

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  Echolocation

  Karen Hofmann

  With ironic accuracy and sensuous imagery, these stories present characters who struggle to connect or disconnect from entanglements and relationships, characters such as newlyweds who transform into feral beasts, backbiting faculty members, a heretical nun, and an ambitious bylaw officer.

  (NeWest Press, $19.95 Paperback, 256 pages, ISBN: 978-19-88732-56-5)