St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
by Karen Russell
Published for the first time: 6/6/2005
246 pages, Hardcover
Genres: Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Book Club, Fantasy, Short Stories, Fiction
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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