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02644aam a2200433 i 4500 001 0C5A2F36C87711EDB34712E023ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230322010036 008 211204t20222022pau 000 j eng d 020 $a 9780822947493 020 $a 0822947498 035 $a (OCoLC)1287126994 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d PIT $d UKMGB $d JCX $d OCLCF $d NDD $d CDX $d SILO 043 $a n-us-al 050 4 $a PS3618.E4454 $b I8 2022 050 14 $a PS3618.E44557 $b I8 2022 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Reeves, Ramona, $e author. 245 10 $a It falls gently all around and other stories / $c Ramona Reeves. 264 1 $a Pittsburgh, Pa. : $b University of Pittsburgh Press, $c [2022] 300 $a ix, 221 pages ; $c 22 cm 505 00 $t Wheel of fortune. $t The balanced side -- $t Sighting dolphins -- $t It falls gently all around -- $t Giving way to ZZ Top -- $t Aphrodite reclining -- $t Anniversary -- $t The right side of the dash -- $t The once famous pair -- $t Queen of frogs -- $t Wheel of fortune. 520 $a "Happiness and connection prove fickle in this debut collection of eleven linked stories introducing Babbie and Donnie. She is a thrice-divorced former call girl, and he is a sobriety-challenged trucker turned yogi. Along with their community of exes, in-laws, and coworkers, Babbie and Donnie share a longing to reforge their lives, a task easier said than done in Mobile, Alabama, which bears its own share of tainted history. Despite overwhelming challenges and the ever-looming specters of status, race, and class, the characters in It Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories strive for versions of the American dream through modern and often unconventional means. Told with humor and honesty, these stories remind us not only about the fallibility of being human and the resistance of some to change but also about finding redemption in unlikely places."-- $c Publisher marketing. 586 $a Drue Heinz Literature Prize 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $v Fiction. 650 0 $a American Dream $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Short stories, American. 651 0 $a Mobile (Ala.) $x Social conditions $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Short stories, American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01117064 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726740 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Linked stories. $2 lcgft 710 2 $a University of Pittsburgh. $b Press, $e publisher. 941 $a 1 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20230322013358.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0C5A2F36C87711EDB34712E023ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b NIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search