St.Christopher on Pluto

di Nancy McKinley (Autore)

West Virginia University Press, 2019

MK and Colleen get reacquainted while working at different stores in a bankrupt mall. Way back, the women went to Catholic school together and collaborated on racy letters to a soldier in Vietnam who thought they were much older than seventh graders - a ruse that typifies later shenanigans, usually brought on by red-headed Colleen, a self-proclaimed 'Celtic Warrior'. After ditching Colleen's car to collect the insurance, they drive from one unexpected event to the next in Big Blue, MK's Buick clunker with a St. Christopher statue glued to the dash. The glow-in-the-dark icon guides them past the farm debris, mine ruins, and fracking waste of the northern brow of Appalachia. Yet their world is not a dystopia. Rather, MK and Colleen show why, amid all the desperation, there is still a community of hope, filled with people looking for their neighbours and with survivors who offer joy, laughter and good will.

• Autore: Nancy McKinley
• Editore: West Virginia University Press
• Anno: 2019
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 228 p.
• Dimensioni: 203 x 127 mm
• Peso: 333 gr.
• EAN: 9781949199260

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