| Edition |
1st pbk. ed. |
| Description |
260 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: c1995. |
| Contents |
A statue of Aphrodite -- Madison at 69th, a fable -- A wedding in Jackson -- Too much rain, or, the assault of the mold spores -- Paris -- The Raintree Street bar and washerteria -- Among the mourners -- The stucco house -- The blue house -- Love at the center -- Joyce -- Death comes to a hero -- The divorce -- The uninsured -- Love of my life -- Going to join the poets. |
| Summary |
A collection whose protagonists are mostly women. In one story, a doctor falls in love with a patient after reading one of her stories in a magazine, in another, three children travel to New York to kidnap their mother and keep her from getting a face-lift. By the author of Victory over Japan. |
| Subject |
Southern States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Southern States. |
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Manners and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Fiction.
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| ISBN |
0316314803 paperback |
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9780316314800 paperback |
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