Paperback. Pub Date: 2006 01 of Pages: 304 in Publisher: Harper Perennial Each of the twenty-two tales in this enchanting collection is a surprise and a delight is melding the poignant and the possible with the outrageous to the magical and. Sometimes . the eerily haunting. Wolf men. dolphin women. defiant old ladies. and middle-aged manufacturers of erotic leatherwear - in Jigs & Reels the miraculous goes hand in hand with the mundane. the sour with the sweet. and the beautiful. the grotesque. the seductive. and the disturbing are never more than one step away. Whether she's exploring the myth of beauty. the pain of infidelity. or the wonder of late-life romance. Joanne Harris once again proves herself a master of the storyteller's trade .