If I Were the Ocean, I'd Carry You Home.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hsu, Pete.

Standardized Title:

If I were the ocean, I'd carry you home (Compilation)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young adults.

Violence.

Uncertainty.

Fear.

Danger.

Children.

Adjustment (Psychology).

Adjustment (Psychology)--Fiction.

Uncertainty--Fiction.

Fear--Fiction.

Violence--Fiction.

Danger--Fiction.

Young adults--Fiction.

Children--Fiction.

Genre:

Short stories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (125 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pasadena : Red Hen Press, 2022.

Summary:

"Full of warmth, terror, and underhanded humor, If I Were the Ocean, I'd Carry You Home, Pete Hsu's debut story collection, captures the essence of surviving in a life set adrift. Children and young people navigate a world where the presence of violence and death rear themselves in everyday places: Vegas casinos, birthday parties, church services, and sunny days at the beach. Each story is a meditation on living in a world not made for us-the pervasive fear, the adaptations, the unexpected longings. A gripping and energetic debut, Hsu's writing beats with the naked rhythms of an unsettled human heart"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part one. Pluto

King Kong Korab

From the Brush, a Frantic Rustling

Game Five

If I Were the Ocean, I'd Carry You Home

The Fatted Calf

Part two. Main & Maine

A Penny Short

Korean Jesus

Astronauts

The Donkey is Definitely Asian

There Are No More Secrets on Planet Earth.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

"2020 Red Hen Press Fiction Award."

Other Format:

Print version: Hsu, Pete If I Were the Ocean, I'd Carry You Home

ISBN:

9781636280547

OCLC:

1347026235