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If I were the ocean, I'd carry you home : stories / Peter Hsu.
"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.
Item details
- ISBN: 9781636280530
- ISBN: 1636280536
- Physical Description: 176 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Pasadena, CA : Red Hen Press, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Contents / Notes
| General Note: | "2020 Red Hen Press Fiction Award." |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| Subject: | Children > Fiction. Young adults > Fiction. Danger > Fiction. Violence > Fiction. Fear > Fiction. Uncertainty > Fiction. Adjustment (Psychology) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | short stories. Short stories. Nouvelles. |
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- 2 / 3 copies available at PINES
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| Live Oak Public Libraries: Bull St. Library |
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31008000426559 | BULL FIRST FLOOR | Checked out | |
| Live Oak Public Libraries: Islands Library |
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31008000426560 | FICTION | Available | |
| Live Oak Public Libraries: Tybee Library |
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31008000426561 | FICTION | Available |
