| Edition |
1st Vintage Contemporaries ed. |
| Descript. |
246 p. ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Ava wrestles the alligator -- Haunting Olivia -- Z.Z.'s sleep-away camp for disordered dreamers -- The star-gazer's log of summer-time crime -- from Children's reminiscences of the westward migration -- Lady Yeti and the palace of artificial snows -- The city of shells -- Out to sea -- Accident brief, occurrence # 00/442 -- St. Lucy's home for girls raised by wolves. |
| Summary |
In these ten glittering stories, Karen Russell takes us to the ghostely and magical swamps of the Florida Everglades. Here wolflike girls are reformed by nuns, a family makes their living wrestling alligators in a theme park, and little girls sail away on crab shells. |
| Subject |
Everglades (Fla.) -- Fiction.
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Short stories.
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| Add Title |
Saint Lucy's home for girls raised by wolves |
| ISBN |
9780307276674 (pbk.) |
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