The eleven stories in The Stone Child are about families of varying kinds, what binds them, and what threatens to tear them apart. Under pressure, the characters strive to maintain whatever connections they have established with one another. In important ways, all of these stories, even those with exclusively adult characters, are coming-of-age tales, the characters arriving at those points in their lives when what they do and say will mark significant passages.
About the Author:Gary Fincke, a two-time winner of the Pushcart Prize, is the author of numerous books of fiction and poetry, including For Keepsies: Stories, which was named a "Notable Book of the Year" by Yearbook of Literary Biography, and Emergency Calls: Stories (University of Missouri Press). He is Professor of English and the Director of the Writers' Institute at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.
The eleven stories in The Stone Child are about families of varying kinds, what binds them, and what threatens to tear them apart. Under pressure, the characters strive to maintain whatever connections they have established with one another. In important ways, all of these stories, even those with exclusively adult characters, are coming-of-age tales, the characters arriving at those points in their lives when what they do and say will mark significant passages.
About the Author:Gary Fincke, a two-time winner of the Pushcart Prize, is the author of numerous books of fiction and poetry, including For Keepsies: Stories, which was named a "Notable Book of the Year" by Yearbook of Literary Biography, and Emergency Calls: Stories (University of Missouri Press). He is Professor of English and the Director of the Writers' Institute at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.
Stone Child: Stories
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Stone Child: Stories
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780826264404 |
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| Publisher: | University of Missouri Press |
| Publication date: | 08/01/2003 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 176 |
| File size: | 312 KB |
| Age Range: | 14 Years |