Welding With Children - Softcover

"Both hilarious and honest . . . Gautreaux applies love and compassion, knowledge and ingenuity to create something superb."--"The Seattle Times"

"Startling and redemptive . . . These stories suggest . . . that to be alive means being open to grief and accident, chance and wonder."--"The Chicago Tribune"

"Move Garrison Keilor's Lake Wobegon stories to Louisiana, add heat and Tabasco, and the result would be" Welding With Children"."--"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"

"Gautreaux has perfect pitch . . . it's his fiction's coarse incongruities--epitomized by the book's title--that prove the limitless possibilities of limited geography."--"The New York Times Book Review"

"Finely balanced, sweet and gritty."--"The San Francisco Chronicle"

"A pleasure from start to finish."--"The Cleveland Plain-Dealer "

Both hilarious and honest . . . Gautreaux applies love and compassion, knowledge and ingenuity to create something superb. "The Seattle Times"

Startling and redemptive . . . These stories suggest . . . that to be alive means being open to grief and accident, chance and wonder. "The Chicago Tribune"

Move Garrison Keilor's Lake Wobegon stories to Louisiana, add heat and Tabasco, and the result would be" Welding With Children." "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"

Gautreaux has perfect pitch . . . it's his fiction's coarse incongruities--epitomized by the book's title--that prove the limitless possibilities of limited geography. "The New York Times Book Review"

Finely balanced, sweet and gritty. "The San Francisco Chronicle"

A pleasure from start to finish. "The Cleveland Plain-Dealer""

Both hilarious and honest . . . Gautreaux applies love and compassion, knowledge and ingenuity to create something superb. The Seattle Times

Startling and redemptive . . . These stories suggest . . . that to be alive means being open to grief and accident, chance and wonder. The Chicago Tribune

Move Garrison Keilor's Lake Wobegon stories to Louisiana, add heat and Tabasco, and the result would be Welding With Children. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Gautreaux has perfect pitch . . . it's his fiction's coarse incongruities--epitomized by the book's title--that prove the limitless possibilities of limited geography. The New York Times Book Review

Finely balanced, sweet and gritty. The San Francisco Chronicle

A pleasure from start to finish. The Cleveland Plain-Dealer

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"Both hilarious and honest . . . Gautreaux applies love and compassion, knowledge and ingenuity to create something superb." --The Seattle Times

"Startling and redemptive . . . These stories suggest . . . that to be alive means being open to grief and accident, chance and wonder." --The Chicago Tribune

"Move Garrison Keilor's Lake Wobegon stories to Louisiana, add heat and Tabasco, and the result would be Welding With Children." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Gautreaux has perfect pitch . . . it's his fiction's coarse incongruities--epitomized by the book's title--that prove the limitless possibilities of limited geography." --The New York Times Book Review

"Finely balanced, sweet and gritty." --The San Francisco Chronicle

"A pleasure from start to finish." --The Cleveland Plain-Dealer

Tim Gautreaux has written novels and collections of short stories, one of which, Welding With Children, was selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of the Year. His fiction has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, GQ, and Zoetrope, and also in volumes of The O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Short Stories, and New Stories from the South. He is a professor emeritus/writer in residence in the English Department at Southeastern Louisiana University.