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Birds of a lesser paradise : stories / Megan Mayhew Bergman.
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- ISBN: 9781451643350 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1451643357 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781451643367 (trade paper)
- ISBN: 1451643365 (trade paper)
- Physical Description: 224 p. ; 22 cm.
- Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2012.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Housewifely arts -- The cow that milked herself -- Birds of a lesser paradise -- Saving face -- Yesterday's whales -- Another story she won't believe -- The urban coop -- The right company -- Night hunting -- Every vein a tooth -- The artificial heart -- The two-thousand-dollar sock. |
| Summary, etc.: | Exploring the way our choices and relationships are shaped by the menace and beauty of the natural world, Megan Mayhew Bergman's powerful and heartwarming collection captures the surprising moments when the pull of our biology becomes evident, when love or fear collide with good sense, or when our attachment to an animal or wild place can't be denied. |
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| Subject: | Biology in literature. |
| Genre: | Short stories. |
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Birds of a Lesser Paradise : Stories
Megan Mayhew Bergman grew up in North Carolina and attended Wake Forest University. She has graduate degrees from Duke University and Bennington College. Her stories have appeared in numerous journals including Ploughshares, Oxford American, One Story, and Narrative . She lives in Shaftsbury, Vermont, with her veterinarian husband, two daughters, and several animals.
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