03725nam 2200733 a 450 991097160550332120200520144314.097866122699369781282269934128226993397802992128340299212831(CKB)1000000000723249(SSID)ssj0000162964(PQKBManifestationID)11924419(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000162964(PQKBWorkID)10107241(PQKB)10452972(MiAaPQ)EBC3444813(OCoLC)607578574(MdBmJHUP)muse12232(Au-PeEL)EBL3444813(CaPaEBR)ebr10280019(OCoLC)646801467(Perlego)4424001(EXLCZ)99100000000072324920050228d2005 ub 1engurcn|||||||||txtccrGiovanna's 86 circles and other stories /Paola Corso1st ed.Madison, Wis. University of Wisconsin Press/Terrace Booksc2005ix, 138 pLibrary of American fictionBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780299212841 029921284X 9780299212803 0299212807 Yesterday's news -- Between the sheets -- Nose-dive -- Unraveled -- Giovanna's 86 circles -- Freezer burn -- Raw egg in beer -- The drying corner -- Roman arches -- Shelf life.These ten magical stories are primarily set in Pittsburgh-area river towns, where Italian American women and girls draw from their culture and folklore to bring life and a sense of wonder to a seemingly barren region of the Rust Belt. Each story catapults the ordinary into something original and unpredictable. A skeptical journalist scopes out the bar where the town mayor, in seemingly perfect health, is drinking with his buddies and celebrating what he claims is the last day of his life. A woman donates her dead mother's clothes to a thrift shop but learns that their destiny is not what she expected. A ten-year-old girl wrestles with the facts of life as she watches her neighbor struggle to get pregnant while her teenage sister finds it all too easy. A high school girl hallucinates in a steamy hospital laundry room and discovers she can see her coworkers' futures. A developer's wrecking ball is no match for the legend of Giovanna's green thumb in the title story "Giovanna's 86 Circles." Quirky and profound, Corso's magical leaps uncover the everyday poetry of these women's lives. Finalist for the John Gardner Fiction Book Award Selected for "Best Short Stories of 2005" in Montserrat ReviewBest Books for Regional Special Interests, selected by the American Association of School Librarians, and Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the Public Library AssociationSons of Italy National Book Club Selection Library of American fiction.Giovanna's eighty-six circlesItalian American familiesFictionItalian American womenFictionMothers and daughtersFictionCatholic womenFictionPennsylvaniaSocial life and customsFictionItalian American familiesItalian American womenMothers and daughtersCatholic women813/.6Corso Paola1804151MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971605503321Giovanna's 86 circles4352049UNINA