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(5) | None | A girl whose self-worth revolves around masculinity, a bartender who loses her sense of safety, a woman who compares men to plants, and a boy who shoots his cranked-out father. These are a few of the hard-scrabble characters in Tamara Linse's debut short story collection, How to Be a Man. Set in contemporary Wyoming-the myth of the West taking its toll-these stories reveal the lives of tough-minded girls and boys, self-reliant women and men, struggling to break out of their lonely lives and the emotional havoc of their families to make a connection, to build a life despite the odds. How to Be a Man falls within the tradition of Maile Meloy, Tom McGuane, and Annie Proulx.… (more) |
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“If you're white, and you're not rich or poor
but somewhere in the middle, it's hard to have
worse luck than to be born a girl on a ranch.” -
Maile Meloy,
“Ranch Girl,” The New Yorker  | |
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To Steve, the foundation under my feet
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Never acknowledge the fact that you’re a girl, and take pride when your guy friends say, “You’re one of the guys.” Tell yourself, “I am one of the guys,” even though, in the back of your mind, a little voice says, “But you’ve got girl parts.” | |
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How can she tell them that when she looks at the boy, she remembers the face of a fat brown girl with severe braids. That, in the Jonah’s length and breadth, she sees toes like baby peas and ears like tiny shelf mushrooms and a tongue just trying to figure itself out. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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None ▾Book descriptions A girl whose self-worth revolves around masculinity, a bartender who loses her sense of safety, a woman who compares men to plants, and a boy who shoots his cranked-out father. These are a few of the hard-scrabble characters in Tamara Linse's debut short story collection, How to Be a Man. Set in contemporary Wyoming-the myth of the West taking its toll-these stories reveal the lives of tough-minded girls and boys, self-reliant women and men, struggling to break out of their lonely lives and the emotional havoc of their families to make a connection, to build a life despite the odds. How to Be a Man falls within the tradition of Maile Meloy, Tom McGuane, and Annie Proulx. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description |
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