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. Filled with stunning inventiveness and heart, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves introduces a radiant new writer.
language: English
title: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
titlecomplete: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
genres: Short Stories, Short Story Collection, Literary Fiction, Adult Fiction, Literature, Fantasy, Adult, Fiction, Contemporary, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 12267
places: Florida, Everglades, 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: Knopf