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"Ad Parnassum" is Nancy Weber's offbeat and eclectic novella, written in 1973. Included are two additional short stories: "Might Have Been" and "A Name For It."
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"The writing in all three works is rich with action and conflict, and it encourages readers to burrow deeper into the hidden layers of meaning." - Publisher's Weekly
"A swift, witty metafiction, Parnassus is life as seen through a kaleidoscope, offering a fresh take on a bright, ever-changing scene." - Kit Reed
In Ad Parnassum, Nancy Weber has created a novella that is, on the one hand, entirely ingenious,...

In February of 1973, Nancy Weber put an ad in the Village Voice offering to trade places with another woman, a stranger, for a month. In hopes of better understanding what was fixed and final in each person--and what was invented, and therefore might be reinvented--they would use each other's names, live in each other's homes, love each other's loves, and do each other's work. After interviewing many of the fascinating women who answered the ad, Weber--single (with a longtime lover) and straight--chose a polyamorous, bisexual, married psychologist and academic, the pseudonymous Micki...

What do you get when you take a young girl, Jennifer, who loves her Maine Coon cat, Mr. Tickles, and wants to get him another cat to keep company while she's at school? What happens after Jennifer and her mother find another cat one day while going to go shopping to get her some new clothes at mall and later finds it again when they have a pet carrier to bring it home in? What happens when her two cats meet for the first time? What happens after she discovers her new cat, who she has named Uno, has only one eye? What happens when a new girl, Hillary, who's in a wheelchair, joins her class?...

The man who saved the lives of his PT-109 crewmen during WWII and became the 35th president fought-and won-his first battle at the age of two-and-a-half, when he was stricken with scarlet fever. Although his presidency was cut short, our nation's youngest elected leader left an indelible mark on the American consciousness and now is profiled in our Who Was...? series. Included are 100 black-and-white illustrations as well as a timeline that guides readers through this eventful period in history.