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RefundKaren E. Bender

Refund

256 pagesFirst published 20153 editions
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"We think about it every day, sometimes every hour: Money. Who has it. Who doesn't. How you get it. How you don't. In Refund, Bender creates an award-winning collection of stories that deeply explore the ways in which money and the estimation of value affect the lives of her characters. The stories in Refund reflect our contemporary world-swindlers, reality show creators, desperate artists, siblings, parents - who try to answer the question: What is the real definition of worth? In "Theft," an eighty-year-old swindler, accustomed to tricking people for their money, boards a cruise ship to see…

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Editions

3 editions
  • Other · English · 2015
    Counterpoint Press · 256 pages · 9781619025011
  • Other · English · 2015
    Counterpoint Press · 258 pages · 9781619024557
  • Other · English · 2015
    Counterpoint Press · 256 pages · 9781619026230
MoneyWealthFictionFiction, short stories (single author)FICTION / Short Stories (single author)New York Times reviewedMoral and ethical aspects