A collection of stories which includes "Home," a wryly whimsical account of a soldier's return from war; "Victory lap," a tale about an inventive abduction attempt; and the title story, in which a suicidal cancer patient saves the life of a young misfit.
Record details
ISBN:9780812993806 (hbk. : acid-free paper) :
ISBN:0812993802 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
Physical Description:print 251 p. ; 22 cm.
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:New York : Random House, c2013.
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Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
Victory lap -- Sticks -- Puppy -- Escape from Spiderhead -- Exhortation -- Al Roosten -- Semplica girl diaries -- Home -- My chivalric fiasco -- Tenth of December.