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Winner of the 1984 American Book Award for Fiction, thislightful, if eccentric, selection of short stories. "The stories are wonderful to tell aloud . . . Miss Gilchrist once again demonstrates not only her willingness to take risks, but her generosity as a writer as well."--The New York Times... read more

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WHEN I was in the third grade I knew a boy who had to have fourteen shot in the stomach as the result of squirrel bite.

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  1. Ellen Gilchrist (Author)
 

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