In Girl Trouble, acclaimed writer Holly Goddard Jones examines
small-town Southerners aching to be good, even as they live in
doubt about what goodness is.
A high school basketball coach learns that his star player is
pregnant--with his child. A lonely woman refIects on her failed
marriage and the single act of violence, years buried, that brought
about its destruction. In these eight beautifully written, achingly
poignant, and occasionally heartbreaking stories, the fine line
between right and wrong, good and bad, love and violence is walked
over and over again.
In "Good Girl," a depressed widower is forced to decide between
the love of a good woman and the love of his own deeply flawed son.
In another part of town and another time, thirteen-year-old Ellen,
the central figure of "Theory of Realty," is discovering the
menaces of being "at that age": too old for the dolls of her
girlhood, too young to understand the weaknesses of the adults who
surround her. The linked stories "Parts" and "Proof of God" offer
distinct but equally correct versions of a brutal crime--one from
the perspective of the victim's mother, one from the killer's.
General
Imprint: |
HarperPerennial
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2009 |
First published: |
September 2009 |
Authors: |
Holly Goddard Jones
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Dimensions: |
203 x 139 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
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Pages: |
368 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-177630-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
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LSN: |
0-06-177630-0 |
Barcode: |
9780061776304 |
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