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Metal Shredders
Nancy Zafris
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Description for Metal Shredders
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 357.
John Bonner is sure that anytime now he will recover from the sting of his recent separation from his wife. And he's begun to wonder if he truly wants to spend the rest of his days running the family scrap-metal business, an operation where his employees are likely to have made the very license plates they now shred. His sister, Octavia, has just returned to Ohio from Boston to nurture the pain of her own broken relationship, and she is more certain: Following in the footsteps of their imperious father is a recipe for emotional disaster. But then two ... Read more
John Bonner is sure that anytime now he will recover from the sting of his recent separation from his wife. And he's begun to wonder if he truly wants to spend the rest of his days running the family scrap-metal business, an operation where his employees are likely to have made the very license plates they now shred. His sister, Octavia, has just returned to Ohio from Boston to nurture the pain of her own broken relationship, and she is more certain: Following in the footsteps of their imperious father is a recipe for emotional disaster. But then two ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Unbridled Books United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Lakewood, CO, United States
ISBN
9781609531072
SKU
V9781609531072
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About Nancy Zafris
Nancy Zafris is the series editor for the Flannery O'Connor Award for short fiction, a position she took after nine years as fiction editor of The Kenyon Review. Her other books include The People I Know, Lucky Strike, and The Home Jar. She is the recipient of many awards, two National Endowment for the Arts grants and has taught at ... Read more
Reviews for Metal Shredders
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
"A funny and surprisingly poignant story ... the eccentricities of plot, setting and character are delightful."
The Baltimore Sun "Delightful."
The San Francisco Chronicle "An abundantly talented writer ... entertaining and illuminating ... Zafris steadily uses the accretion of gritty details to give her novel authenticity and weight."
The ... Read more