Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Creatures Of HabitISBN13:9781565123977ISBN10:1565123972Author:McCorkle, Jill (Author)Description:Jill Mccorkle's New Collection Of Twelve Short Stories Is Peopled With Characters Brilliantly Like Us-Flawed, Clueless, Endearing These Stories Are Also Animaled With All Manner Of Mammal, Bird, Fish, Reptile-Also Flawed And Endearing She Asks, What Don't Humans Share With The So-Called Lesser Species? Looking For The Answer, She Takes Us Back To Her Fictional Home Town Of Fulton, North Carolina, To Meet A Broad Range Of Characters Facing Up To The Double-Edged Sword Life Offers Hominids The Insight With Which Mccorkle Tells Their Stories Crackles With Wit, But Also With A Deeper-And More Forgiving-Wisdom Than Ever Before In Billy Goats, Fulton's Herd Of Seventh Graders Cruises The Summer Nights, Peeking Into Parked Cars, Maddening The Town Madman In Monkeys, A Widow Holds Her Husband's Beloved Spider Monkey Close Along With His Deepest Secrets In Dogs, A Single Mother Who Works For A Veterinarian Compares Him-Unfavorably-With His Patients In Snakes, A Seasoned Wife Sees What Might Have Been A Snake In The Grass And Decides To Step Over It And, In The Exquisite Final Story, Fish, A Grieving Daughter Remembers Her Father's Empathy For The Ugliest Of All Fishes The Success Behind Jill Mccorkle's Short Stories-And Her Novels-Is, As One Reviewer Noted, Her Skill As An Archaeologist Of The Absurd, An Expert At Excavating And Examining The Comedy Of Daily Life (Richmond Times-Dispatch) Yes, And Also The Tragedy Mccorkle's Collection Of 12 Short Stories Is Peopled With Characters Brilliantly Like Us--Flawed, Clueless, Endearing They Are Also Animaled With All Manner Of Mammal, Bird, Fish, Reptile Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:ALGONQUIN BOOKS OF CHAPELPublication Date:2003-03-28Weight:0.5 lbsDimensions:0.8'' H x 8.1'' L x 5.4'' WNumber of Pages:256Language:English
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Book Title: Creatures of Habit
Item Length: 8.2in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Jill Mccorkle
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Short Stories (Single Author)
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Publication Year: 2003
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 1.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
