The First Paper Girl In Red Oak Iowa, HC 1st Ed- SIGNED!

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A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket (if applicable) is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Very well kept copy, HC, Signed and inscribed by the author. Please see pictures for more details.”
Signed By
Elizabeth Stuckey-French
Signed
Yes
Personalized
Yes
Features
Dust Jacket
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Inscribed
Yes
Edition
First Edition
ISBN
9780385498937
Book Title
First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa : Stories
Publisher
Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, T.H.E.
Item Length
8.2 in
Publication Year
2000
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Elizabeth Stuckey-French
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), General
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
224 Pages
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Publisher
Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0385498934
ISBN-13
9780385498937
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1670736

Product Key Features

Book Title
First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa : Stories
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), General
Genre
Fiction
Author
Elizabeth Stuckey-French
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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99-086606
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"Inventive, irreverent, and riveting--these stories come at you off the page.  Didn't I know this paper girl?  Didn't I meet that suburban sorceress, this crabby poet, that sweet delinquent, this mother-of-the-felon?  Elizabeth Stuckey-French's characters charge straight out of Middle America, one part wacky and two parts doomed.  That they are also resilient and funny makes this extraordinary collection a delight to read." --Janet Burroway, author of Cutting Stone and Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft "Elizabeth Stuckey-French's characters may live in small towns but their lives are anything but small as they seek to find their way out of intricate situations, give voice to surprising emotions. The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa is a rich, absorbing collection, the first of many, I hope, by this gifted writer." --Margot Livesey, author of The Missing World and Criminals, "Inventive, irreverent, and riveting--these stories come at you off the page.  Didn't I know this paper girl?  Didn't I meet that suburban sorceress, this crabby poet, that sweet delinquent, this mother-of-the-felon?  Elizabeth Stuckey-French's characters charge straight out of Middle America, one part wacky and two parts doomed.  That they are also resilient and funny makes this extraordinary collection a delight to read." --Janet Burroway, author ofCutting StoneandWriting Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft "Elizabeth Stuckey-French's characters may live in small towns but their lives are anything but small as they seek to find their way out of intricate situations, give voice to surprising emotions.The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowais a rich, absorbing collection, the first of many, I hope, by this gifted writer." --Margot Livesey, author ofThe Missing WorldandCriminals
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Synopsis
Welcome to the curious world of Elizabeth Stuckey-French.  Her exuberant collection is peopled with characters who walk a thin line between reality and delusion, trying to break out of their molds and live a little. With stylish, wry writing, Stuckey-French creates intelligent, poignant, funny fiction. Her characters--mostly Midwesterners trying to make sense of a changing world--are bizarre but strangely lovable.  They may lie to make their situations better, but the stories have a resounding emotional truth. In "Junior," we meet a dog psychic who enlists her troubled niece in a moneymaking scheme.  In "Electric Wizard," grieving parents beg a teacher to invent poetry and pretend their dead son wrote it.  And in the title story, the mother of two young children drives east on a disordered impulse through a blizzard and picks up a gas station attendant along the way.  Several of these stories have appeared inThe Atlantic Monthlyand literary reviews, where her work has received recognition and praise. In Stuckey-French's striking fictional world, powerful emotional forces roil the outwardly placid surfaces of her characters' lives--our notions of "normal" are permanently altered, and yet these stories have a generosity of spirit that cannot fail to strike a chord with all of us.
LC Classification Number
PS3569.T832F5 2000

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