All the Anxious Girls on Earth
by Gartner, Zsuzsi
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- NF.
- ISBN 10
- 1552630293
- ISBN 13
- 9781552630297
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Synopsis
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
- Old Goat Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1132480
- Title
- All the Anxious Girls on Earth
- Author
- Gartner, Zsuzsi
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - NF.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1552630293
- ISBN 13
- 9781552630297
- Publisher
- Key Porter
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8x5x0
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