St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Stories

Hardcover, 256 pages

English language

Published Sept. 5, 2006 by Knopf.

ISBN:
978-0-307-26398-8
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OCLC Number:
65644807

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A San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune Best Book of the YearIn these ten glittering stories, debut author Karen Russell takes us to the ghostly and magical swamps of the Florida Everglades. Here wolf-like girls are reformed by nuns, a family makes their living wrestling alligators in a theme park, and little girls sail away on crab shells. Filled with stunning inventiveness and heart, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves introduces a radiant new writer.From the Trade Paperback edition.

2 editions

Subjects

  • American Short Story Collections
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - General
  • Short Stories (single author)
  • Fiction / General
  • Everglades (Fla.)