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THE FIRST PAPER GIRL IN RED OAK, IOWA.(Review)
ELIZABETH STUCKEY-FRENCH. Doubleday, $22 (240p) ISBN 0-385-49971-X
* Matter-of-fact surprise animates this debut collection of 12 singular stories by Stuckey-French, a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop and a James Michener/ Paul Engle Fellowship winner. Set in a slightly skewed Midwest, each of the tales features at least one eccentric character whose personality seems to invite participation in peculiar experiences. In the title story, the mother of two youngsters, driving through a blizzard in pursuit of her husband, picks up a gas station worker on impulse, paying him to keep her and the children company. "Junior" features a psychic who makes her living finding …
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Magazine article from: Library Journal
Zappia, Susan A.
May 15, 2001
700+ words
