The stuntman's daughter and other stories
By: by Alice Blanchard.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Denton, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Other titles: Stories by Alice Blanchard
Description: This award-winning collection explores the lives of such diverse characters as a deaf girl struggling to cope with the loss of her parents, a loving father who must decide whether or not he can accept his Down syndrome daughter, a teenager who learns to respect his blind rival for a girl's affections, and a lesbian who, despite the fact that her life is out of control, manages to assert her own identity.
Notes: "Winner, Katherine Anne Porter prize in short fiction, Rick DeMarinis, judge"--Cover.