| Contents |
Victory lap -- Sticks -- Puppy -- Escape from Spiderhead -- Exhortation -- Al Roosten -- The semplica girl diaries -- Home -- My chivalric fiasco -- Tenth of December. |
| Abstract |
A collection of stories which includes "Home," a wryly whimsical account of a soldier's return from war; "Victory lap," a tale about an inventive abduction attempt; and the title story, in which a suicidal cancer patient saves the life of a young misfit. |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| LCCN | 2012013782 |
| ISBN | 9780812993806 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0812993802 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9780812993813 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 0812993810 (ebook) |
