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Kelly Link’s newest collection, her first for adult readers in a decade, delivers nine diverse short stories that showcase her distinctive, imaginative voice. From a girl in rural North Carolina serving as caretaker for unseen visitors, to a middle‑aged movie star’s unsettling trip into a Florida swamp, to a suburban slumber party disrupted by a life‑size animated doll, Link weaves humor with wonder. Her tales span hurricanes, astronauts, twin antitheses, bootleggers, Ouija boards and even references to *The Wizard of Oz* and the Pyramids, yet each remains grounded in human frailty and hidden strengths. The result is a collection that expands the boundaries of contemporary short fiction through richly imagined, emotionally generous storytelling.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories
Authors: Kelly Link
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