The girl in the fall-away dress
Subtitle: stories
By: Michelle Richmond.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Four sisters, many lovers, and a series of settings both familiar and exotic delineate the nineteen linked stories in this award-winning debut collection. Although most of the characters have roots in the South, their search for home and for truth takes them to New York City, San Francisco, even to the northern coast of Iceland. Michelle Richmond introduces us to a memorable extended family, in which lies come more easily than forgiveness, and parents and siblings conceal the truth as often as they reveal it. In many cases, the women are forced to choose--between family and lovers, safety and self-sufficiency, the religion they grew up with and the reality of the world they have found for themselves."--Amazon.com.
Notes: "Winner of the Associated Writing Programs 2000 award in short fiction"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: O-lama-lama; title: Down the shore everything's all right; title: Big bang; title: Satellite; title: Slacobamorinico; title: The last bad thing; title: Sixteen; title: Propaganda; title: Curvature; title: Mathematics and acrobatics; title: The world's greatest pants; title: Disneyland; title: Intermittent waves of unusual size and force; title: Sunday at Red Lobster; title: Does anyone know you are going this way; title: Faith; title: Fifth grade : a criminal story; title: Monkey stew; title: The girl in the fall-away dress.