Mothers, Tell Your Daughters: Stories

Fiction & Literature, Family Life, Short Stories, Contemporary Women
Cover of the book Mothers, Tell Your Daughters: Stories by Bonnie Jo Campbell, W. W. Norton & Company
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Bonnie Jo Campbell ISBN: 9780393248463
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: October 5, 2015
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Bonnie Jo Campbell
ISBN: 9780393248463
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: October 5, 2015
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

"Bonnie Jo Campbell is a master of rural America’s postindustrial landscape." —Boston Globe

Named by the Guardian as one of our top ten writers of rural noir, Bonnie Jo Campbell is a keen observer of life and trouble in rural America, and her working-class protagonists can be at once vulnerable, wise, cruel, and funny. The strong but flawed women of Mothers, Tell Your Daughters must negotiate a sexually charged atmosphere as they love, honor, and betray one another against the backdrop of all the men in their world. Such richly fraught mother-daughter relationships can be lifelines, anchors, or they can sink a woman like a stone.

In "My Dog Roscoe," a new bride becomes obsessed with the notion that her dead ex-boyfriend has returned to her in the form of a mongrel. In "Blood Work, 1999," a phlebotomist's desire to give away everything to the needy awakens her own sensuality. In "Home to Die," an abused woman takes revenge on her bedridden husband. In these fearless and darkly funny tales about women and those they love, Campbell’s spirited American voice is at its most powerful.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

"Bonnie Jo Campbell is a master of rural America’s postindustrial landscape." —Boston Globe

Named by the Guardian as one of our top ten writers of rural noir, Bonnie Jo Campbell is a keen observer of life and trouble in rural America, and her working-class protagonists can be at once vulnerable, wise, cruel, and funny. The strong but flawed women of Mothers, Tell Your Daughters must negotiate a sexually charged atmosphere as they love, honor, and betray one another against the backdrop of all the men in their world. Such richly fraught mother-daughter relationships can be lifelines, anchors, or they can sink a woman like a stone.

In "My Dog Roscoe," a new bride becomes obsessed with the notion that her dead ex-boyfriend has returned to her in the form of a mongrel. In "Blood Work, 1999," a phlebotomist's desire to give away everything to the needy awakens her own sensuality. In "Home to Die," an abused woman takes revenge on her bedridden husband. In these fearless and darkly funny tales about women and those they love, Campbell’s spirited American voice is at its most powerful.

More books from W. W. Norton & Company

Cover of the book Diversifications: Poems by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Cover of the book Mastering Sauces: The Home Cook's Guide to New Techniques for Fresh Flavors by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Cover of the book Piece of Mind: A Novel by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Cover of the book The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis (Great Discoveries) by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Cover of the book Louisiana: A History by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Cover of the book Save the Last Dance: Poems by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Cover of the book Body Sense: The Science and Practice of Embodied Self-Awareness (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Cover of the book Still to Mow: Poems by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Cover of the book The Social Neuroscience of Education: Optimizing Attachment and Learning in the Classroom by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Cover of the book Just Freedom: A Moral Compass for a Complex World (Norton Global Ethics Series) by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Cover of the book Bag Men: A Novel by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Cover of the book Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1910-1926 by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Cover of the book Foundational Concepts in Neuroscience: A Brain-Mind Odyssey (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Cover of the book Greening the Landscape: Strategies for Environmentally Sound Practice by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Cover of the book Happy as a Dane: 10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World by Bonnie Jo Campbell
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy