In the thirteen stories of "My Body to You, " thirteen women or girls pilot their own bodies through a shifting universe of lovers old and young, parents devoted and destructive, sisters of different sexes, children and adults living in the mysterious world of autism. All these characters share keen powers of observations and a heightened sensuality. In a wild variety of settings, they struggle to controlOCoor dare to abandon themselves toOCotheir intensely private passions. A woman in love with a gay man she calls Sister ...
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In the thirteen stories of "My Body to You, " thirteen women or girls pilot their own bodies through a shifting universe of lovers old and young, parents devoted and destructive, sisters of different sexes, children and adults living in the mysterious world of autism. All these characters share keen powers of observations and a heightened sensuality. In a wild variety of settings, they struggle to controlOCoor dare to abandon themselves toOCotheir intensely private passions. A woman in love with a gay man she calls Sister Kin attempts to escape the bonds of her own body. An eighteen-year-old virgin enters into a passionate affair with an older man who turns out to be a virgin of a different sort. A special education teacher in a school for aggressive teenagers finds herself attracted to another teacher, also female. An intelligent outcast girl bonds with her mindlessly seductive mother to form OC one person.OCO Searle reveals other characters through inventive and often comic feats of narrative daring. A girl grows into womanhood during a single family dinner that spans twenty years. A middle-aged wife, once dubbed OC The First Most Beautiful Woman in the World, OCO watches her former selves parade before her family in a lively evening of home movies. Two womenOCoone recently divorced, the other a group home resident in love with The WhoOCojoin forces as they figure out OC What to Do in an Emergency.OCO An old woman experiences both physical breakdown and spiritual breakdown in a supermarket's vegetable department. A young woman is drawn into the emotional and sexual life of an autistic boy obsessed with the number 8. Each of these stories is written in a language that strives to match the intensity of Searle's characters; each gives the reader an exceptionally intimate portrait of a unique female and the central, sensual mystery of her body."
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 196 p. Iowa Short Fiction Award (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. AS NEW--VERY NICE COPY--VERY SLIGHT SHELF WARE--TEXT CLEAN AND TIGHT--GIFT--STILL HAS LOTS OF GREAT READS LEFT--1 ST. ED. --1 ST. PRINTING
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Very Good. 1st edition, 1st printing, University of Iowa Press hardcover w/ DJ, 1993. Book is Near Fine, w/ clean text, binding tight enough to suggest it is unread. DJ is VG to VG+, w/ very light edge/shelf wear (no tears or chips), creased corner on inside front flap. Free delivery confirmation.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed. First Edition. First printing with full numberline. Signed by the author on the title page. DJ in mylar sleeve. Near fine copy. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
