
Mrs. Somebody Somebody
Fiction
$35.99
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2010
Summary
Short stories may not attract the sort of attention that novels or memoirs do today, but Winn’s masterful debut serves as an affirmation of their emotional potency. With little fanfare, she has produced a book that will endure.
In this astonishing debut, Tracy Winn poignantly chronicles the souls who inhabit the troubled mill town of Lowell, Massachusetts, playing out their struggles and hopes over the course of the twentieth century. Through a stunning variety of voices, Winn paints …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812981452 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812981456 |
| Author: | Tracy Winn |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2010 |
| Weight: | 198g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 131mm x 203mm |

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Critics Review
“Deeply satisfying, subtle, intelligent, and beautifully crafted … Tracy Winn writes with clarity and keen perception; her stories come together like a mosaic to create a compelling, deeply textured world.”—Kim Edwards, author of The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
“A rare achievement … Winn’s characters struggle with unexpected losses and damaging habits … always questioning the hard truths that hold them in place.”—Atlantic Monthly
“When characters are brought to life with such vibrant nuance, they continue to live far beyond the page.”—Thisbe Nissen, author of Osprey Island
“Fans of literary fiction will savor Winn’s powerful debut.”—People, four stars
“Excellent … high on the list of must-read story collections.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
Tracy Winn
Tracy Winn earned her MFA from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers and has had stories published in New Orleans Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, and Western Humanities Review, among other venues. She works with Gaining Ground, a local nonprofit farm that gives its produce to local shelters and meal programs. She lives near Boston with her husband and daughter.
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