We live in water : stories
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Harper Perennial, c2013.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Status
Sequim - Fiction (Adult)
WALTER Jess
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WALTER Jess
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Published
New York : Harper Perennial, c2013.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
177 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Description
"We Live in Water, the first collection of short fiction from New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter, is a suite of diverse, often comic stories about personal struggle and diminished dreams, all of them marked by the wry wit and generosity of spirit that has made him one of our most talked-about writers. In 'Thief,' a blue-collar worker turns unlikely detective to find out which of his kids is stealing from the family vacation fund. In 'We Live in Water,' a lawyer returns to a corrupt North Idaho town to find the father who disappeared thirty years earlier. In 'Anything Helps,' a homeless man has to 'go to cardboard' to raise enough money to buy his son the new Harry Potter book. In 'Virgo,' a local newspaper editor tries to get back at his superstitious ex-girlfriend by screwing with her horoscope. And the collection's final story transforms slyly from a portrait of Walter's hometown into a moving contemplation of our times"--Cover verso.