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Loading... Don't Try This at Homeby Angela Readman
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I don’t know why it took me so long to read this collection. I love the way Angela write, am intrigued by her quirky. Sometimes some things feel a bit too off, sometimes too sad. Lots of these stories set in the US were odd to read, like some Spaniards’ obsessions with US lit. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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A girl repeatedly chops her boyfriend in half but, while her "other half" multiplies, she is still not satisfied. Love transforms a mother working down the fish and chip shop - into Elvis. Clary's father puts antlers on stuffed rabbits to make jackalopes, but when her mother walks out on them, Clary has to help her father if they are to survive. Beautiful, sharp and fearless, Costa Short Story Award winner Angela Readman's debut collection is aptly titled, for each story packs its share of explosive material. Exposing all kinds of prejudice - against age, status, disability - the stories also offer quirky new strategies for troubled lives. If Angela Carter is Readman's fairy godmother, then David Lynch is her wicked stepbrother. Don't say you weren't warned. . . No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.92Literature English English fiction Modern Period 2000-LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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