Forgetting English: Stories

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Eastern Washington University Press, 2009 - Fiction - 118 pages
Midge Raymond stretches the boundaries of place as she explores the indelible imprint of home upon the self and the ways in which new frontiers both defy and confirm who we are. The women who inhabit these stories travel fro business or for pleasure, sometimes out of duty and sometimes in search of freedom, and each encounters the unexpected. From a biologist navigating the stark, icy moonscape of Antarctica to a business woman seeking refuge in the lonely islands of the South Pacific, the characters in these stories abandon their native landscapes--only to find that, once separated from the ordinary, they must confront new interpretations of who they really are, and who they're meant to be.

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Contents

First Sunday
1
Translation Memory
17
The Ecstatic Cry
27
Copyright

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About the author (2009)

MIDGE RAYMOND's award-winning stories have appeared in the American Literary Review, the Indiana Review, the Ontario Review, the Bellevue Literary Review, The North American Review, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications. She currently lives in Seattle along with her husband and a fat orange cat. Visit her Web site at www.ForgettingEnglish.com.

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