If I Were the Ocean, I'd Carry You Home
Stories
Pasadena, CA : Red Hen Press, [2022], ©2022.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 176 pages ; 21 cm
"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.
Subjects:
Children -- Fiction.
Young adults -- Fiction.
Danger -- Fiction.
Violence -- Fiction.
Fear -- Fiction.
Uncertainty -- Fiction.
Adjustment (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Children -- Fiction.
Young adults -- Fiction.
Danger -- Fiction.
Violence -- Fiction.
Fear -- Fiction.
Uncertainty -- Fiction.
Adjustment (Psychology) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781636280530
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Hsu | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Display, Fiction | In |
"2020 Red Hen Press Fiction Award."