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" Twenty grand : "
Rebecca Curtis.
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BL
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| Record Number
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985031
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b739401
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| Main Entry
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Curtis, Rebecca,1974-
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| Title & Author
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Twenty grand : : and other tales of love and money /\ Rebecca Curtis.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Harper Perennial,, ©2007.
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| Page. NO
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238, 22 pages ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0061173096
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: 9780061173097
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| Notes
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Includes "P.S. insights, interviews & more ... about the author, about the book, read on."
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Short stories, previously published.
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| Contents
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Hungry self -- Summer, with twins -- To the interstate --- The alpine slide -- The near-son -- Big Bear, California -- Monsters -- Knick, knack, paddywhack -- Twenty grand -- The wolf at the door -- Solicitation -- The witches -- The sno-kone cart.
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| Abstract
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"In this dazzling literary debut, Rebecca Curtis displays the gifts that make her one of the most talented writers of her generation. Her characters -- young women struggling to find happiness, love, success, security, and adventure -- wait tables, run away from home, fall for married men, betray their friends, and find themselves betrayed as well. In "Hungry Self," a young waitress descends into the basement of a seemingly ordinary Chinese restaurant; in "Twenty Grand," a young wife tries to recover her lost fortune; in "Monsters," one family's paranoia leads to a sacrifice; and in "The Witches," an innocent swim on prom night proves more dangerous than anyone could have imagined. With elegant prose and a wicked sense of humor, these stories reveal Curtis's provocative and uncompromising view of life, one that makes her writing so poignant and irresistible."--Page 4 of cover.
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Happiness, Fiction.
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Young women, Fiction.
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Short stories.
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Happiness.
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Young women.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.6
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| LC Classification
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PS3603.U779T94 2007
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