Little miseries : this is not a story about my childhood : a novel
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Published
Encino, CA : Delphinium Books, 2023.
Format
Book
ISBN
9781953002204, 195300220X
Physical Desc
240 pages ; 22 cm
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Published
Encino, CA : Delphinium Books, 2023.
Language
English
ISBN
9781953002204, 195300220X
Notes
General Note
Subtitle "this is not a story about my childhood" has a line through it on title page.
Description
Set in Iowa and Minnesota in the 60s and 70s, Little Miseries is a Midwestern Gothic where sometimes the misery is just that-little-and sometimes it is epic and yawning, capable of swallowing every childhood memory. There are the miseries the Castles will talk about-old family lore about a great, great, great uncle who was split in two while connecting railroad cars-and the misery none of them will face. There are days at the lake, placid except for inexplicable tension the parents won't address and the three Castle children don't have names for. There are stories about sex and gore at cocktail parties, around bonfires, at sleepovers, in classrooms, and in the newspaper. Everyday growing pains are shadowed by the abduction of a local girl, reports of a massacre of nurses, and the harm done by strangers and by those who are charged to care for children. To survive childhood is to survive all of these miseries and tragedies, because growing up means waking up to a world that can be random and brutal.
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Chester Library - Adult Fiction | REALISTIC FICTION FAKIH | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Fakih, K. O. (2023). Little miseries: this is not a story about my childhood : a novel . Delphinium Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fakih, Kimberly Olson. 2023. Little Miseries: This Is Not a Story About My Childhood : A Novel. Delphinium Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fakih, Kimberly Olson. Little Miseries: This Is Not a Story About My Childhood : A Novel Delphinium Books, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Fakih, Kimberly Olson. Little Miseries: This Is Not a Story About My Childhood : A Novel Delphinium Books, 2023.
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