Stop That Girl: A Novel in Stories.
by Elizabeth McKenzie
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1400062241
- ISBN 13
- 9781400062249
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY Random House, 2005. Hardcover First Edition [2005]; First Printing indicated. First Edition [2005]; First Printing indicated. Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: The Book is flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows the slightest wrinkle at at the upper front corner tip and a faint crease at the upper corner of the inside front flap; else flawless; the price is intact; mylar-protected. Not absolutely pristine, but remains very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 207pp. Hardback with DJ. Just reading the first few delicious pages of Stop That Girl, I knew I was in for a treat (I remember sinking into it one night and I kept waking up my husband accidentally by laughing out loud so much). I read the opening story over twice, I found it so funny, witty, and qwirky but then the rest of the book turned out to be just as good. The stories are hilarious, but there is a underlining psychological thread that makes this go way beyond humor -- this is satisfying story-telling, poignant. The main character has alot of spunk and insight. She's brought up by a crazy family such as only California can produce. Rollicking, sad, sassy, and irreverent, this is a fun world to be in and includes an unforgetable sojourn in Europe with Dr. Frost the grandmother, a weird risk-taking mother, antics at a hamburger stand, an outrageous car ride with Alan Ginsberg. Delicious is the word that continues to come to mind. I'll watch this author closely.
Synopsis
Elizabeth McKenzie 's writing has appeared in The New York Times , Best American Nonrequired Reading, Pushcart Prize XXV, Other Voices, Threepenny Review, TriQuarterly, and ZYZZYVA . Her stories have been performed at Symphony Space in New York and Stories on Stage in Chicago, and recorded for NPR's "Selected Shorts." A former staff editor at The Atlantic Monthly , she lives in Santa Cruz, California.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 46414
- Title
- Stop That Girl: A Novel in Stories.
- Author
- Elizabeth McKenzie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition [2005]; First Printing indicated.
- ISBN 10
- 1400062241
- ISBN 13
- 9781400062249
- Publisher
- Random House,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2005.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction Firsts; Short Stories; America; contemporary; Women's Fiction;
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