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02022aam a2200301 i 4500 001 DD868234E7AF11E78369235E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171223010231 008 160302t20162016oru 000 j eng d 020 $a 1892061775 020 $a 9781892061775 020 $a 1892061791 020 $a 9781892061799 035 $a (OCoLC)942657660 040 $a ORZ $b eng $e rda $c ORZ $d BDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d CDX $d NUI $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 4 $a PS3604.R354 $b A6 2016 082 04 $a 813.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Drake, Monica, $e author. 240 10 $a Short stories. $k Selections 245 14 $a The folly of loving life : $b stories / $c Monica Drake. 264 1 $a Portland, OR : $b Future Tense Books, $c [2016] 300 $a 259 pages ; $c 23 cm 500 $a Short stories. 505 00 $t Neighborhood notes: light sleepers. $t The Arboretum -- $t Referee -- $t Neighborhood notes: art show -- $t Mustard -- $t Miss America has a plan -- $t Neighborhood notes: bottoms up -- $t See you later, fry-o-later -- $t Neighborhood notes: used goods -- $t Throw a frisbee in the park -- $t Honeymooning -- $t The first normal man -- $t Neighborhood notes: sing-a-long -- $t Help wanted -- $t The folly of loving life -- $t Models I know -- $t Neighborhood notes: reverse mortgage -- $t Neighborhood notes: rewind -- $t S.T.D. demon -- $t Neighborhood notes: light sleepers. 520 $a "Following her acclaimed novels Clown Girl and The Stud Book, Monica Drake presents her long-awaited first collection of stories. The Folly of Loving Life features linked stories examining an array of characters at their most vulnerable and human, often escaping to somewhere or trying to find stability in their own place. These stories display the best of what we love about Monica's writing-the sly laugh-out-loud humor, the sharp observations, the flawed but strong characters, and the shadowy Van Sant-ish Portland settings"--Page 4 of cover. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180201062857.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DD868234E7AF11E78369235E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search