Lesser, Ellen, — The Shoplifter's Apprentice Stories.

NY, Washington Square, (1990). 1st PB ed. VG PB. An uncommon short story collection of self-possessed young women who conscientiously make their way in the world, an. isolated proofreader is drawn into the simple world of a retarded neighbor; a model poses nude for an attractive artist and begins to wonder where the line between art and physical desire is drawn.