Fortune teller miracle fish : stories / by Cathryn Hankla.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hankla, Cathryn, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A mentally challenged teen in a coma, a WWII veteran weighing his beliefs, an intersexed man anticipating a relationship, a single woman who has kissed far too many frogs, and a first grader suffering at the hands of a family friend. These are just a few of the unforgettable characters in Fortune Teller Miracle Fish, an innovative collection of stories from award-winning novelist and poet Cathryn Hankla. The figures in these stories struggle toward more truthful expressions of themselves, as outsiders whose dilemmas, emotions, and desires make them unmistakably human. As varied as they are

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Contents; Love Bites; Community Standards; Tattooed; Blanks; Reptile House; Elvis in Perspective; Triangles; Powerful Angels; Night Skating; The Story After the Abortion; Outlaws; Sound Effects; Dog Days; Meditations in the Dark; Meteor Shower; Fortune Teller Miracle Fish

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-62895-079-X

1-60917-131-4

OCLC:

774285366