Originally published: Dallas : Southern Methodist University Press, 2009. "Some of the stories in this collection appeared first in slightly different form in the following publications: 'Another Way to Make Cleopatra Cry' as 'An Everyday, ' in Alaska Quarterly Review; 'Copper Leaves Waving, ' in The New Orleans Review; 'Glass Box' as 'Glass Box, 1956,' in Alaska Quarterly Review; 'Cantogallo' as 'Izabel Tiago, ' in Passages North; and 'Smoke' in Hayden's Ferry Review"--T.p. verso.
Contents:
Mrs. Somebody Somebody -- Blue tango -- Glass box -- Gumbo limbo -- Smoke -- Another way to make Cleopatra cry -- Frankie floats -- Copper leaves waving -- Cantogallo -- Luck be a lady.
Summary:
Collects short stories centering on Lowell, Massachusetts, as it evolves from a booming mid-century mill town to its contemporary incarnation.
Series:
Reader's circle (Random House (Firm) Random House reader's circle
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