title: Ordinary Lives: A Collection of Short Stories and a Novella (Mysteries & Horror)
author:  Mark Munger 
description: (O)nce you start one of the stories, you'll find "Ordinary Lives" very hard to put down. -- <i>Reader Weekly, July 25, 2002</i><br /><br />Mark Munger's "Ordinary Lives" is anything but. He brings into focus faces we won't forget. -- <i>Author Sarah Stonich</i>
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