num_pages: 246
description: In these ten glittering short stories, debut author Karen Russell takes us to the ghostly and magical swamps of the Florida Everglades. Here, wolf-like girls are reformed by nuns; a family makes its living wrestling alligators in a theme park; and little girls sail away on crab shells. Ava wrestles the alligator --Haunting Olivia --Z.Z.'s sleep-away camp for disordered dreamers --The star-gazer's log of summer-time crime --from Children's reminiscences of the westward migration --Lady Yeti and the palace of artificial snows --The city of shells --Out to sea --Accident brief, occurrence # 00/442 --St. Lucy's home for girls raised by wolves
language: English
title: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves: Stories
titlecomplete: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves: Stories
genres: Literature, Literary Fiction, Adult, Magical Realism, Fiction, Short Stories, Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary, Short Story Collection
ratings_count: 12267
places: Everglades, Florida, Florida
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Guardian First Book Award
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: James Tiptree Jr. Award
publisher: Vintage