TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCollum,Malinda
TI  - The surprising place: stories 
SN  - 9781613765883
AV  - PS3613.C375 A6 2018
U1  - 813/.6 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Amherst
PB  - University of Massachusetts Press
KW  - Short stories, American
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Nouvelles américaines
KW  - 21e siècle
KW  - FICTION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Short Stories (single author)
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - short stories
KW  - aat
KW  - Short stories
KW  - gsafd
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Nouvelles
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - He ain't Jesus -- The fifth wall -- Think straight -- Us, crazy -- Wonderland of rocks -- Sharks -- Your big sister -- House of troubles -- Days dirty -- Kicks -- Good monks -- Smart life -- The surprising place
N2  - "A woman walks a raccoon on a leash, a synchronized swimming coach pops pills during practice, a bagpiper holds a young girl hostage, and an orphan puts her fist through a window, discovering in the engine noise of a jet passing overhead the perfect witness to her inner pain. In this debut collection from prizewinning short story writer Malinda McCollum, people adrift in the American Midwest struggle to find their way in the world, with few signposts for guidance. Set largely in Des Moines, Iowa, over the expanse of several decades, these twelve stories explore the surprising places where our outsized longings may lead us. In prose as lean and unflinching as an Iowa winter, these stories offer confrontation and consolation in equal measure."--
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