2003
First Published
3.68
Average Rating
288
Number of Pages
Two years ago—at twenty-two—John McManus captivated writers and critics with his first story collection and became the youngest recipient of the Whiting Writers Award. Now McManus returns with a collection of stories equally piercing and stories about the young and old, compromised by circumstance and curiosity, and undergoing startling transformations. In "Eastbound," a car driven by two elderly sisters breaks down on an elevated Beneath them lies the lost country of the South, overrun with concrete and shopping centers but still possessing the spectres and secrets of the past. In "Brood," a plucky young heroine moves with her mother into the home of the mother's online She will use the Audubon Guide to Birds, and her own wits to survive the advances of the boyfriend's teenaged son. In "Cowry," two backpackers in New Zealand race to witness the first sunrise of the twenty-first century.
Avg Rating
3.68
Number of Ratings
19
5 STARS
37%
4 STARS
21%
3 STARS
21%
2 STARS
16%
1 STARS
5%
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Author
John McManus
Author · 5 books
Librarians note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. For the software engineer, see John McManus.
