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Kane, Jessica Francis, 1971-
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Kane, Jessica Francis, 1971-
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Kane, Jessica Francis, 1971-
Graywolf Press, c2013.
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FICTION KAN
Subjects
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781555976361 (trade pbk.)
1555976360 (trade pbk.)
Description:
179 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Lucky boy -- American lawn -- Lesson -- First sale -- Double take -- Night class -- Evidence of old repairs -- The essentials of acceleration -- Next in line -- The stand-in -- The old beginning -- Local birds.
Summary:
"A middle-aged woman, irritated with her wealthy young neighbor's yard improvements, offers a corner of her lawn to a Croatian immigrant who wants a vegetable garden. A daughter accompanies her father to Israel, where, seeing a new side of him away from her mother, she makes an unusual bargain. In twelve
stories
about the difficult, sometimes impermeable boundaries between friends, neighbors, and family relations, Jessica Francis Kane explores just how
close
we can come to love, success, happiness, and forgiveness."--Back cover.
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Short
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