How to be a man
Subtitle: stories
By: Tamara Linse
Edition: Edition 1.1.
Publisher: Willow Words
Published: 2013
Place of publication: United States
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780991386703
Subjects: Fiction; American Short stories
Work titles: Short stories
Description: Never acknowledge the fact that you're a girl, and take pride when your guy friends say, 'You're one of the guys.' Tell yourself, 'I am one of the guys, ' even though, in the back of your mind, a little voice says, 'But you've got girl parts.' A girl whose self-worth revolves around masculinity, a bartender who loses her sense of safety, a woman who compares men to plants, and a boy who shoots his cranked-out father. These are a few of the hard-scrabble characters in Tamara Linse's debut short story collection, How to Be a Man. Set in contemporary Wyoming-the myth of the West taking its toll-these stories reveal the lives of tough-minded girls and boys, self-reliant women and men, struggling to break out of their lonely lives and the emotional havoc of their families to make a connection, to build a life despite the odds.
Notes: Some stories previously published.

Includes reading group guide with discussion questions.
Table of contents: title: How to be a man --; title: Men are like plants --; title: A dangerous shine --; title: Mouse --; title: Oranges --; title: Hard men --; title: Nose to the fence --; title: Control erosion --; title: Snowshoeing --; title: In the headlights --; title: The body animal --; title: Revelations --; title: Dammed --; title: Wanting.