What It Means when a Man Falls from the Sky
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019.
Format: Large Print
Edition: Large print edition.
Description: 237 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In "Wild," a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground. In "The Future Looks Good," three generations of women are haunted by the ghosts of war, while in "Light," a father struggles to protect and empower the daughter he loves. And in the title story, in a world ravaged by flood and riven by class, experts have discovered how to "fix the equation of a person"--With rippling, unforeseen repercussions. Evocative, playful, subversive, and incredibly human, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky heralds the arrival of a prodigious talent with a remarkable career ahead of her"--Provided by publisher.
Series: Thorndike Press large print peer picks.
Contents:
The Future Looks Good -- War Stories -- Wild -- Second Chances -- Windfalls -- Who Will Greet You at Home -- Buchi's Girls -- What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky -- Glory -- What Is a Volcano? -- Redemption.
ISBN:
9781432860486
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LPF Arimah | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Large Print Fiction | In |
LPF Arimah | Southeast | Large Print Fiction | In |
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Unabridged.