num_pages: 301
description: A collection of short fiction explores the lives of a variety of characters, including a jaded Hollywood filmmaker, a precocious fifth-grader watching his parents' marriage disintegrate, and a child forced into a harrowing cross-country escape.
language: English
title: The Whore's Child: And Other Stories
titlecomplete: The Whore's Child: And Other Stories
genres: Literature, American, Audiobook, Literary Fiction, 21st Century, Americana, Fiction, Short Stories, Short Story Collection, Contemporary
ratings_count: 3834
publisher: Thorndike Pr