num_pages: 154
description: Find out more at Alternating Current: tinyurl.com/girlwakes.Dark strange lyrical and full of frustrated desire and whimsy Carmen Laus debut collection of stories paints a vivid picture of femininity in the clutches of fantasy reflecting the brutality of growing up a girl and challenging readers to rethink fairy tales as theyve always known them. Within youll find a tender heart a painful core and a paradoxically disastrous and beautiful coming-of-age of every and any girl told through fairy tales that mirror real life and are at once contemporary and timeless. Joining the ranks of Angela Carter Kate Bernheimer and Allyse Near Lau weaves tales of a girl who is too fantastical to be real and too real to be fantasy.A beautifully vicious first collection of retrofitted fairy tales with whip-smart swerves darkly funny moments and razor-sharp language. Like Angela Carter meets Let the Right One In with a dash of Lady Vengeance tossed in for good measure.Brian Evenson author of Windeye and ALA-RUSA Award-winner Last Days
language: English
title: The Girl Wakes: Stories
publisher: Alternating Current