A BOY LIKE ASTRID'S MOTHER by Mae Briskin (W.W. Norton: $16.95; 194 pp.) (2026)

A BOY LIKE ASTRID’S MOTHER by Mae Briskin (W.W. Norton: $16.95; 194 pp.)

By Elaine Kendall

Oct. 23, 1988 12 AM PT

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Exquisitely wrought stories that not only astonish the reader with their technical sophistication but restore his flagging faith in humanity. There’s not much more one can ask of any book.

A BOY LIKE ASTRID’S MOTHER by Mae Briskin (W.W. Norton: $16.95; 194 pp.)

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