The Rough Road Home

by Gingher, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780807843970
• ISBN10: 0807843970
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-11-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

This anthology of twenty-two short stories by contemporary North Carolina writers, selected by Gingher, the longtime book review editor of the Greensboro News and Record, is a testament to the vitality of the literary tradition of the state. Contributors include Alice Adams, Maya Angelou, Doris Betts, Fred Chappell, Clyde Edgerton, Kaye Gibbons, Allan Gurganus, Randall Kenan, Reynolds Price, and Lee Smith.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Oasis	p. 1
The Reunion	p. 9
Hugh	p. 16
This Is the Only Time I'll Tell It	p. 27
1940 - Winter	p. 35
Broken Blossoms	p. 46
Bargains in the Real World	p. 69
The Case of the Missing Photographs	p. 84
Washing Dishes	p. 102
Trudy Woodlief	p. 118
It Had Wings	p. 127
The Virtue Called Vanity	p. 131
Man Watcher	p. 151
Below the Last Lock	p. 163
Murals	p. 189
Serious Need	p. 207
The St. Anthony Chorale	p. 215
Summer Help	p. 235
The Bubba Stories	p. 265
The Fishing Lake	p. 292
The Hat of My Mother	p. 298
Disasters	p. 313
Notes on the Contributors	p. 325
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