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The editors who brought us Unsettling America and Identity Lessons have compiled a short- story anthology that focuses on themes of racial and ethnic assimilation. With humor, passion, and grace, the contributors lay bare poignant attempts at conformity and the alienation sometimes... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Mira: Add a description of this character.
- Preeti
- Mikhi
- Drena
- Victor
- Frankie
- Mama
- Henry
- Sitti
- Bill
- Thomas Builds-the-fire
- Maxine
- Sudhir
- Grandpa
- Pete
- Cathy
- Mary Crawford
- Frances
- Clinton
- Annie
- Pigmeat
- Eugene
- Grandma
- Honey Boy
- Jack
- Barbara Gugelstein
- Dinah
- Denise
- Jimmy Edward
- Janice
- Richard
- Myrna
- Renee
- Lois
- Grace
- Papa
- Vincent
- Jake
- John Wayne
- Mary Beth
- Chuck
- Ruth
- Eddie
- Slick
- Isola
First Sentence edit
In 1955 my father died with his ancient mother still alive in a nursing home.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54080920693
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