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9780156028622

You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down : Short Stories

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  • ISBN13:

    9780156028622

  • ISBN10:

    015602862X

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-05-01
  • Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

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Summary

Anatural evolution from the earlier, much-acclaimed collection In Love & Trouble, these fourteen provocative and often humorous stories show women oppressed but not defeated.These are hopeful stories about love, lust, fame, and cultural thievery, the delight of new lovers, and the rediscovery of old friends, affirmed even across self-imposed color lines.

Author Biography

Bestselling novelist ALICE WALKER is also the author of three collections of short stories, three collections of essays, six volumes of poetry, and several children’s books. Her novel The Color Purple won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and her work has been translated into more than two dozen languages. Born in Eatonton, Georgia,Walker now lives in northern California.

Table of Contents

Nineteen Fifty-fivep. 3
How Did I Get Away with Killing One of the Biggest Lawyers in the State? It Was Easyp. 21
Elethiap. 27
The Loverp. 31
Petuniasp. 40
Coming Apartp. 41
Famep. 54
The Abortionp. 64
Pornp. 77
Advancing Luna--and Ida B. Wellsp. 85
Laurelp. 105
A Letter of the Times, or Should This Sado-Masochism Be Saved?p. 118
A Sudden Trip Home in the Springp. 124
Sourcep. 138
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