Twenty Grand
Subtitle: And Other Tales of Love and Money (P.S.)
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: July 3, 2007
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780061173097
Description: "In this dazzling literary debut, Rebecca Curtis displays the gifts that make her one of the most talented writers of her generation. Her characters -- young women struggling to find happiness, love, success, security, and adventure -- wait tables, run away from home, fall for married men, betray their friends, and find themselves betrayed as well. In "Hungry Self," a young waitress descends into the basement of a seemingly ordinary Chinese restaurant; in "Twenty Grand," a young wife tries to recover her lost fortune; in "Monsters," one family's paranoia leads to a sacrifice; and in "The Witches," an innocent swim on prom night proves more dangerous than anyone could have imagined. With elegant prose and a wicked sense of humor, these stories reveal Curtis's provocative and uncompromising view of life, one that makes her writing so poignant and irresistible."--Page 4 of cover.