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Title:
Emergency : stories
Added Title:
Worship.

Natural light.

World without men.

Part of the country.

Reputation management.

Temporary housing.
Summary:
The author of three critically acclaimed novels including Infinite Home returns with a collection of prizewinning stories starring women confronting the hidden perils of class ascension and the emotional debts still owed from their past lives. A professor finds a photograph of her deceased mother in a compromising position on the wall of a museum. A twenty-something's lucrative remote work sparks paranoia and bigotry. A transplant to a new city must make a choice about who she trusts when her partner reveals a violent history. The summer after her divorce from an older man, an exiled painter's former friends grapple with rumors that she attempted to pass as a teenager. -- Provided by publisher.
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Emergency -- Worship -- Natural light -- A world without men -- Part of the country -- Reputation management -- Temporary housing.
Physical Description:
188 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company,
Publication Date:
2023
ISBN:
9781324051886
Publication Information:
New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2023]

©2023
Call Number:
ALCOTT
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