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"A smart, funny, wry, and winning book."--Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted
Delia Arco spends her workdays counseling teenagers as outcast as she was and her nights caring for the baby daughter she loves fiercely. Searching furiously for the mother in herself, she struggles to understand her own mother's seedy life and puzzling disappearance. Then one night her world cracks open.
Debra Monroe is the author of four books of fiction and the memoir On the Outskirts of Normal, which was released to national acclaim in 2010. She teaches in the MFA program at Texas State University.
"A smart, funny, wry, and winning book."--Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted
Delia Arco spends her workdays counseling teenagers as outcast as she was and her nights caring for the baby daughter she loves fiercely. Searching furiously for the mother in herself, she struggles to und...
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Debra Monroe has written four books of fiction and one memoir: The Source of Trouble; A Wild, Cold State; Newfangled; Shambles; and On the Outskirts of Normal. Her books have been widely reviewed and won many awards, including The Flannery O’Connor Award and the John Gardner Fellowship. They’ve been nominated for the National Book Award, listed as “Required Reading” in Vanity Fair, as “Our Picks” on Salon.com, as “Recommended Reading” in O: The Oprah Magazine, and named in annual “Best Ten Books” lists by Elle magazine and The Barnes and Noble Review. She lives in Austin, Texas, and teaches in the MFA program at Texas State University.
Debra Monroe has written four books of fiction and one memoir: The Source of Trouble; A Wild, Cold State; Newfangled; Shambles; and On the Outskirts of Normal. Her books have been widely reviewed and won many awards, including The Flannery O’Connor Award and the John Gardner Fellowship. They’ve b...
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