Mrs. Somebody Somebody
Subtitle: stories
By: Tracy Winn.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Southern Methodist University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dallas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780870745546
Description: "Winn?s excellent debut collection centers on Lowell, Mass., as it evolves from a booming mid-century mill town to its scrappy contemporary incarnation. What remains constant are the characters, who cycle through the stories as they age, etched memorably by Winn, who nails a diverse swath of American life over some 60 years. In the title story, Stella Lewis navigates through often dicey situations at Hub Hosiery, a factory where she makes a close friend and learns the power of union allegiances. In?Blue Tango,? lovesick Dr. Charlie Burroughs, a Korean War vet, returns to his wife; in the following story,?Glass Box,? Winn portrays the marriage from Charlie?s wife?s perspective. Later, Winn checks in on the next generation of the Burroughs family, mired in frustration and longing. We also get to know factory workers and families affected by wars?from Korea to Iraq"--Publishers Weekly.
Notes: "Some of the stories in this collection appeared first in slightly different form in the following publications: 'Another Way to Make Cleopatra Cry' as 'An Everyday,' in Alaska Quarterly Review; 'Copper Leaves Waving,' in The New Orleans Review; 'Glass Box' as 'Glass Box, 1956,' in Alaska Quarterly Review; 'Cantogallo' as 'Izabel Tiago,' in Passages North; and 'Smoke' in Hayden's Ferry Review."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mrs. Somebody Somebody; title: Blue tango; title: Glass box; title: Gumbo limbo; title: Smoke; title: Another way to make Cleopatra cry; title: Frankie floats; title: Copper leaves waving; title: Cantogallo; title: Luck be a lady.