St Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

St Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

By Karen Russell

Pages

246

Rating

3.79

Year

2005

FantasyContemporaryMagical RealismFictionShort StoriesLiterary Fiction

Description

In these ten glittering short stories, debut author Karen Russell takes us to the ghostly and magical swamps of the Florida Everglades. Here, wolf-like girls are reformed by nuns; a family makes its living wrestling alligators in a theme park; and little girls sail away on crab shells. Filled with stunning inventiveness and heart, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves introduces a radiant new writer.

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