From a High Thin Wire
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: GLE Library
Published: March 8, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780864923851
Subjects: Short Stories (single author); Fiction; Fiction - General; Fiction / Literary; Literary
Description: "The ten frank yet subtle stories in Joan Clark's debut collection explore how childhood experiences shape adult choices. A woman rages against the "eye of God" that has seen the miner's son she once loved reduced to a mute old man; sisters come home to bury their mother, whose sudden death plunges them into confusion; a minister's daughter deals summarily with marauding dogs. In every story, Clark peels away the skin, exposing the network of influences that make people act as they do."--Jacket.