02338nam 2200577Ia 450 991081247750332120240516112601.01-58729-878-3(CKB)2560000000007984(EBL)843213(OCoLC)646846707(SSID)ssj0000411575(PQKBManifestationID)11252316(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000411575(PQKBWorkID)10357361(PQKB)10415147(MiAaPQ)EBC843213(MdBmJHUP)muse8950(Au-PeEL)EBL843213(CaPaEBR)ebr10343455(EXLCZ)99256000000000798420090413d2009 uy 1engur|n|---|||||txtccrAll that work and still no boys /Kathryn Ma1st ed.Iowa City University of Iowa Pressc20091 online resource (162 p.)The Iowa short fiction awardIowa short fiction award1-58729-822-8 Contents; All That Work and Still No Boys; Second Child; The Scottish Play; For Sale By Owner; Prank; What I Know Now; Dougie; The Long Way Home; Gratitude; Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. WuHow do we survive our family, stay bound to our community, and keep from losing ourselves? In All That Work and Still No Boys, Kathryn Ma exposes the deepest fears and longings that we mask in family life and observes the long shadows cast by history and displacement. Here are ten stories that wound and satisfy in equal measure. Ma probes the immigrant experience, most particularly among northern California's Chinese Americans, illuminating for us the confounding nature of duty, transformation, and loss. A boy exposed to racial hatred finds out the true difference between his mother and hiIowa short fiction award.Short stories, AmericanAmerican fictionShort stories, American.American fiction.813/.6813.6Ma Kathryn1711912MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812477503321All that work and still no boys4103595UNINA