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Loading... And Venus Is Blue: Stories (Stories by Mary Hood) (edition 2001)by Mary Hood (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I’m going to have to read more by her. Great short stories set mostly in lower middle class Georgia in the 80’s or so. Not uplifting, but not without humor. The title novella confused me, but that seems to be the one everyone else likes. It took me halfway through the first story to get into it, I was afraid it was going to be "look at them stupid Southerners", but they’re very Southern stories without being kitschy about it. I’m a fan. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Inspired with the essence of Mary Hood's native South and spiced with intrigue and the dark side of human nature, this collection of stories offers the drama, humor, and heartache of everyday life and unexpected tragedy--with more than a few twists. The stories cover the terrain of transition between old and new, history and the present, holding on and letting go. In "Finding the Chain," Cliffie struggles to overcome her ties to the past and forge a beginning with her newly formed family. "Moths" shows how one man's fortitude, friends, and love of nature help him see his life of poverty in a new light. In the title novella, Delia struggles to overcome her fears of separation and abandonment in the face of her father's suicide. With characters, situations, and settings that capture the turmoil of lives--and of a region--caught in transition between the past and present, the stories of And Venus Is Blue portray both the uncompromising harshness of life and the power of human tenacity. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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