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Baby in a box : stories / Sarah Braunstein.
Van Pelt Library PS3602.R3895 B33 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Braunstein, Sarah, 1976- Author.
- Standardized Title:
- Baby in a box (Compilation) http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/8882a764-2c3f-691f-087f-eadbd1e9a146
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caregivers--Fiction.
- Caregivers.
- Families--Fiction.
- Families.
- Loss (Psychology)--Fiction.
- Loss (Psychology).
- Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
- Identity (Psychology).
- Human behavior--Fiction.
- Human behavior.
- Genre:
- short stories.
- Fiction
- Short stories
- Black humor.
- Short stories.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 208 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2026]
- Summary:
- These stunning stories, steeped in black humor, startle and dismay. They are about the cost and joys of caretaking, the unexpected encounters that confine and define us. Odd fellows and peculiar young women appear in abundance in these pages, as do obsessions and fantasies. We see relationships with partners, parents, family, coming of age, characters with no clear road ahead. Who is the baby? What is the box? How do we break away from what confines us? The book is strategically divided into two sections. The first section contains stories about giving away babies, abortion, and ambivalent maternity. The second half attends to the new gifts and connections that arise out of loss.
- Contents:
- Part One: Lost ; Baby in a box
- Marjorie Lemke
- Shavasana
- Authority
- Porcupine
- Superstition
- Part Two: Found ; All you have to do
- Abject naturalism
- Fox in the lounge
- The modern era
- The parents.
- ISBN:
- 9781324051060
- 132405106X
- OCLC:
- 1535850779
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