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Florida by Lauren Groff
The bold new book from the celebrated New York Times-bestselling author of Fates and Furies. Lauren Groff is a writer of rare gifts. --The New York Times Book Review In her vigorous and moving new book, Lauren Groff brings her electric storytelling and intelligence to a world in which storms, snakes, and sinkholes lurk at the edge of everyday life, but the greater threats and mysteries are of a human, emotional, and psychological nature. Among those navigating it all are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple, a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable, recurring character - a steely and conflicted wife and mother. The stories in this collection span characters, towns, decades, even centuries, but Florida--its landscape, climate, history, and state of mind--becomes its gravitational center: an energy, a mood, as much as a place of residence. Groff transports the reader, then jolts us alert with a crackle of wit, a wave of sadness, a flash of cruelty, as she writes about loneliness, rage, family, and the passage of time. With shocking accuracy and effect, she pinpoints the moments and decisions and connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and fury--the moments that make us alive. Startling, precise, and affecting, Florida is a magnificent achievement.The Monsters of Templeton, written by Lauren Groff, was a finalist for the Orange Award for New Writers. Her short tales have appeared in a number of magazines, including the Atlantic, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train, and Five Points, as well as the anthologies Pushcart Prize XXXII, The Best American Short Stories 2007, and Best New American Voices 2008. She is a resident of Gainesville, Florida.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781594634529 |
| ISBN 10 | 1594634521 |
| Title | Florida |
| Author | Lauren Groff |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2019-05-21 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Commended for Kirkus Prize (Fiction) 2018 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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