What Gets Into Us: Stories

What Gets Into Us: Stories

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In "What Gets Into Us," the new collection of short stories by Moira Crone, a curious child discovers that some believe "the gods who made this world didn't make it right, and they are terribly sorry about it." A nine-year-old girl is the only one who realizes that her mother's mental illness has put the family's survival at stake. A shy African American woman confronts ev...more
Hardcover, 190 pages
Published March 28th 2006 by University Press of Mississippi
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Catherine
May 31, 2012 Catherine rated it 5 of 5 stars
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hope
I first heard Moira's work out loud, she was reading from "The Ice Garden." I fell in love.

Beautiful language and a variety of voices. It's based in North Carolin and i couldn't escape the thought that she's writing about places I know with different names. Perhaps that was part of it's charm for me too.
Jane Stubbs
Sep 15, 2007 Jane Stubbs marked it as to-read
I need to read this. She's a pretty awesome lady.
Wendi
Very good.
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