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Ballantine
February 2007
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Featuring: Flan Parker
288 pages
ISBN: 0345492609
EAN: 9780345492609
Hardcover
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Women's Fiction
Flan Parker has always had an inquisitive mind, searching
for what’s hidden below the surface and behind the door.
Her curious nature and enthusiastic probing have translated
into a thriving resale business in the university housing
complex where she lives with her husband and two young
children. Flan’s venture helps pay the bills while her
husband works on his dissertation, work that lately seems
to involve more loafing on the sofa watching soap operas
than reading or writing. The secret of her enterprising
success: unique and everyday treasures bought from the
auctions of forgotten and abandoned storage units. When Flan secures the winning bid on a box filled only with
an address and a note bearing the word “yes,” she sets out
to discover the source of this mysterious message and its
meaning. Armed with a well-worn copy of Walt Whitman’s
Leaves of Grass that she turns to for guidance and solace,
Flan becomes determined to find the “yes” in her own life.
This search inward only strengthens her desire to unearth
the hidden stories of those around her–in particular, her
burqa-clad Afghan neighbor. Flan’s interest in this
intriguing and secretive woman, however, comes at a
formidable price for Flan and her family. Set during the year following the September 11 attacks,
Self Storage explores the raw insecurities of a changed
society. With lush writing, great humor, and a genuine
heart, Gayle Brandeis takes a peek into the souls of a
woman and a community–and reveals that it is not our
differences that drive us apart but our willful concealment
of the qualities that connect us.
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