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BOOK

Everybody Loves Somebody

By Joanna Scott

Back Bay

$13.99

BASIC STORY:

Ten short stories, one for each decade of the 20th century, explore our universal capacity for longing -- for estranged family, for unattainable love, for lost youth.

SAMPLE GRAB:

"Let's say that on a warm spring afternoon in April, six months after she left home, Nora is alone, stranded in Rome during a national strike."

-- Scott imagines one possible fate for a young girl in the four-part "Or Else"

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE:

Scott excels at creating subtle moods of foreboding that, regardless of whether they come to fruition, will keep you enrapt.