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Roxy and Coco
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Roxy and Coco Paperback - 2024

by Svoboda, Terese

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West Virginia Univ. Press. PAPERBACK. 2024. 9781959000068 :Subject: Fiction | Fantasy | Urban . NEW.
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  • Title Roxy and Coco
  • Author Svoboda, Terese
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 286
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher West Virginia Univ. Press
  • Date 2024
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1959000063
  • ISBN 9781959000068 / 1959000063
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.1 in (19.30 x 12.95 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
  • Library of Congress subjects Sisters, Harpies (Greek mythology)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2023040795
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.54

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From the rear cover

Sisters Roxy and Coco are two glamorous harpies--mythical bird women--attempting to outrun extinction and fix the planet by preventing child abuse, one child at a time.

When Roxy is suddenly attracted to her human supervisor at a social work agency a hundred years too early, Coco is very suspicious. Luring Roxy with his scent, Tim is also on the payroll of a fake conservationist intent on her less-than-legal collection. Coco swoops in to vet Tim, but Interpol is hot on her trail for a series of curious homicides. (Surveillance has a very hard time convincing his boss of what he's monitoring.) When the sisters find themselves trapped, Chris, a bipolar skateboarding truant, tries his best to rescue them but it's Stewie, Coco's colleague, who turns the story inside out. Roxy and Coco climaxes at a gala of egg fanciers who scramble to escape the harpies' talons.

Action figure-worthy, for readers of Neil Gaiman and Karen Russell, this modern take on these fabled women touches on mental illness, racism, animal rights, and the rights of children.

About the author

Author of more than twenty books of poetry, fiction, memoir, biography, and translations from the Nuer, Terese Svoboda has received the Guggenheim, Bobst Prize in fiction, Iowa Poetry Prize, National Endowment for the Humanities translation grant, Graywolf Nonfiction Prize, Jerome Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts media grants, O. Henry Award, Pushcart Prize for the essay, and three New York Foundation for the Arts fellowships.

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