Patrick Crean/Key Porter. Near Fine. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 1552630293 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Some edgewear. A few scuffs to top and bottom edges of text block. Flatsigned by author on title page. ; 8.11 X 5.28 X 0.79 inches; 199 pages; Signed by Author .

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All the Anxious Girls on Earth marks the debut of a startingly original literary voice. Zsuzsi Gartner's exuberant prose gives voice to unforgettable characters who survive by their wits as they cope with indifferent relationships, lackluster jobs, and the myriad curve-balls life throws their way.A woman calls in fake bomb threats from the nineteenth floor of a bank tower as revenge against her ex-lover. The mother of a girl killed by a teenage urban guerilla thrives spectacularly in her industrious grief, transforming herself into a forgiveness guru and talk-show host. Lured into the wilderness by her desire for a man who rebuilds vintage airplanes, a young woman finds she lusts more for biscotti and city sidewalks. A small, heroic child makes a guileless request for pajamas and creates a psychic storm at the center of her anxious, achievement-mad parents' lives.Rendered in a jittery, jazzed-up prose that has been compared to that of Lorrie Moore and Mary Flanagan, these stories brilliantly capture the pathos, beauty, and alienation of contemporary life and signal the arrival of a writer to watch.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Bookseller: A Good Read (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 133114
Title: All The Anxious Girls On Earth - Stories
Author: Gartner, Zsuzsi
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10: 1552630293
ISBN 13: 9781552630297
Publisher: Patrick Crean/Key Porter
Place of Publication: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Published: 1999
Keywords: 1552630293

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