Throw Like a Girl (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781416541820)

A New York Times Notable Book San Francisco Chronical Best Book of the Year

A master of short fiction whose "best pieces are as good as it gets in contemporary fiction" (Newsday) returns, as Jean Thompson follows her National Book Award finalist collection Who Do You Love with Throw Like a Girl.

Here are twelve new stories that take dead aim at the secrets of womanhood, arcing from youth to experience. Each one of Thompson's indelible characters--lovers, wives, friends, and mothers--speaks her piece--wry, angry, hopeful--about the world and women's places in it.

This collection includes the following short stories:
"The Brat"
"The Five Senses"
"It Would Not Make Me Tremble to See Ten Thousand Fall"
"The Family Barcus"
"Lost"
"The Inside Passage"
"Holy Week"
"A Normal Life"
"Hunger"
"The Woman Taken in Adultery"
"Pie of the Month"
"Throw Like a Girl"

Author: Jean Thompson
ISBN-10: 1416541829
ISBN-13: 9781416541820
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2007
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.52w x 0.77d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 02/15/2007 pg. 104
Publishers Weekly 04/02/2007 pg. 38
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2007 pg. 305
Library Journal 04/15/2007 pg. 80
Booklist 05/01/2007 pg. 74
People Weekly 06/18/2007 pg. 52
New York Times 06/17/2007 pg. 9
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/02/2007 pg. 12
Kirkus Best Books 12/15/2007 pg. 17