Title: The End of Youth
First published: 2003
Description: *The End of Youth* is a collection of 13 linked stories, essays and rants, about carrying on after youth’s hope is gone. In "Afraid of the Dark," a child learns that there is good reason to be afraid. The adolescent narrator of "Description of a Struggle" finds that love can be brutal. "The Smokers" -examines an adult’s realization that longevity means seeing loved ones die. Written with the same spare and vivid beauty as her earlier award-winning works, The End of Youth is certain to win even wider acclaim.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Maturation (Psychology), Life change events, Fiction, Manners and customs, American fiction, American short stories, Short stories, Essays, American essays, Fiction, general, United states, social life and customs, fiction, Women authors, Lesbians, Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction Finalist
Places: United States
LC classification: PS3552.R6973 E5 2003, PS/PZ