A collection of funny, absurd tales introduces an aging actor who must protect his neighbors from his own jewel-thief father, a data-entry worker who blows her inheritance on a Princess Diana gown, and two star students who murder the school bully. 25,000 first printing.
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Review:
"The New Yorker" In this deft collection, Perabo explores the weight of disappointment in our lives -- and how we try to avoid it by assuming new faces.
About the Author:
Susan Perabo teaches creative writing at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She received her M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Arkansas. Her work has been anthologized in Best American Short Stories and New Stories from the South and has appeared in Story, Glimmer Train, and TriQuarterly. Susan Perabo was the first woman to play NCAA baseball and appears in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0684862336
- ISBN 13 9780684862330
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages191
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