A Longing for Impossible Things Bobbie J. Barron With an in-depth exploration of

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addresses critical issues in contemporary education reform and shows how cherished truisms about education and child development have led to unintended and negative consequences

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A Longing for Impossible Things Bobbie J. Barron With an in-depth exploration ofA powerful short story collection that charts the yearning inherent in imperfect lives. "I'm a seeker," the narrator of "My Life as a Mystic" says. "A watcher of the skies. A pilgrim and a wanderer. I don't know, I couldn't stand law school." Such are the polar sentiments of the characters in the stories of David Borofka's A Longing for Impossible Things, which charts the yearning inherent in imperfect lives. Taking their cue from Fernando Pessoa's