Bibliograph

The souvenir museum, stories, Elizabeth McCracken

Type

Label

The souvenir museum, stories, Elizabeth McCracken

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The souvenir museum

Oclc number

11175679732

Responsibility statement

Elizabeth McCracken

Sub title

stories

Summary

"Award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to date"--, Provided by publisherIn these stories, the mysterious bonds of family are tested, transformed, fractured, and fortified. A recent widower and his adult son ferry to a craggy Scottish island in search of puffins. An actress who plays a children's game show villainess ushers in the New Year with her deadbeat half brother. A mother pining for her children, feasts on loaves of challah to fill the void. A new couple navigates a tightrope walk toward love. And on a trip to a Texas water park with their son, two fathers each confront a personal fear

Table Of Contents

The Irish wedding -- Proof -- It's not you -- A splinter -- Mistress Mickle all at sea -- Birdsong from the radio -- The get-go -- Robinson Crusoe at the waterpark -- A walk-through human heart -- Two sad clowns -- The souvenir museum -- Nothing, darling, only darling, darling

Target audience

adult

Classification