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Glory Goes and Gets Some Stories
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Glory Goes and Gets Some Stories Paperback - 2001

by Carter, Emily

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Carter's stories link and overlap to form a book-length narrative about the trials and tribulations of Glory, now in her thirties and HIV-positive. Once the adored little girl of professionals, she became a rowdy drunk, and then an opiate abuser living in a down-and-out Minneapolis neighborhood.

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Picador. Good+. 2001. Paperback. 0312282516 . Binding tight. Spine uncreased. Pages tanned but unmarked, except original owner's name written and crossed out on front endpaper. Cover bright and glossy and clean, but lightly worn along edges, with mild curling. Support an independent used bookstore in Minneapolis. ; 8.2 X 5.5 X 0.7 inches; 244 pages .
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  • Title Glory Goes and Gets Some Stories
  • Author Carter, Emily
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good+
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Picador, US
  • Date 2001
  • Features Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 21733
  • ISBN 9780312282516 / 0312282516
  • Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.55 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 1.40 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
    • Locality: New York, N.Y.
  • Library of Congress subjects New York (N.Y.), Bildungsromans
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001036995
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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About the author

Emily Carter's work has appeared in The New Yorker, Story Magazine, and Ruminator Review, among others. The title story in Glory Goes and Gets Some was selected by Garrison Keillor for The Best American Short Stories 1998. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.