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Girl Country

About Girl Country

Winner of the Dzanc Short Story Collection PrizeA near-future farmer battling environmental crises takes ina mysterious girl he finds on the roadside. A bus driver navigates throughtreacherous weather and memories of her tragic past as she races to savechildren from the end of the world. A woman keeps giving birth to children fromdifferent time periods. And a woman struggles with her young daughter mysteriouslytransforming into something wild and unruly, confronting themes of motherhoodand family.  In Girl Country, stories range frommedieval Belgium to the near-future of the American Midwest, populated bymothers and monsters, mermaids and milkmaids, nuns and bus drivers-women inevery walk of life, but particularly working-class women, navigating theintersection of the mundane and the magical. Perfect for fans of Orange Worldand Animal Wife, these are stories about women with teeth-wild andalive.

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  • Language:
  • Unknown
  • ISBN:
  • 9781950539765
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Published:
  • June 28, 2023
  • Dimensions:
  • 217x16x139 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 260 g.
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Delivery: 3-5 business days
Expected delivery: November 21, 2024

Description of Girl Country

Winner of the Dzanc Short Story Collection PrizeA near-future farmer battling environmental crises takes ina mysterious girl he finds on the roadside. A bus driver navigates throughtreacherous weather and memories of her tragic past as she races to savechildren from the end of the world. A woman keeps giving birth to children fromdifferent time periods. And a woman struggles with her young daughter mysteriouslytransforming into something wild and unruly, confronting themes of motherhoodand family.  In Girl Country, stories range frommedieval Belgium to the near-future of the American Midwest, populated bymothers and monsters, mermaids and milkmaids, nuns and bus drivers-women inevery walk of life, but particularly working-class women, navigating theintersection of the mundane and the magical. Perfect for fans of Orange Worldand Animal Wife, these are stories about women with teeth-wild andalive.

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