A Child's Life and Other Stories

By Phoebe Gloeckner

Book Overview

A critically acclaimed anthology of the urban-comic stories of Phoebe Gloeckner, whose work is characterised by its realistic and hard-edged nature. Confessional tales such as Mary the Minor, written when she was 16, and Minnie's Third Love depict a teenage girl's loss of innocence through encounters with a suburban and urban jungle of sex, drugs, rape, prostitution and AIDs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883319714
• ISBN13: 9781883319717
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Frog, Ltd.
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.5" x 5.1"