LEADER 02352nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910458330403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-58729-878-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000007984 035 $a(EBL)843213 035 $a(OCoLC)646846707 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000411575 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11252316 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000411575 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10357361 035 $a(PQKB)10415147 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843213 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8950 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843213 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10343455 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000007984 100 $a20090413d2009 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAll that work and still no boys$b[electronic resource] /$fKathryn Ma 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (162 p.) 225 1 $aThe Iowa short fiction award 300 $aIowa short fiction award 311 $a1-58729-822-8 327 $aContents; 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. Wu 330 $aHow do we survive our family, stay bound to our community, and keep from losing ourselves? In All That Work and Still No Boys, Kathryn Ma exposes the deepest fears and longings that we mask in family life and observes the long shadows cast by history and displacement. Here are ten stories that wound and satisfy in equal measure. Ma probes the immigrant experience, most particularly among northern California's Chinese Americans, illuminating for us the confounding nature of duty, transformation, and loss. A boy exposed to racial hatred finds out the true difference between his mother and hi 410 0$aIowa short fiction award. 606 $aShort stories, American 606 $aAmerican fiction 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aShort stories, American. 615 0$aAmerican fiction. 676 $a813/.6 700 $aMa$b Kathryn$0995376 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458330403321 996 $aAll that work and still no boys$92280438 997 $aUNINA