A Bolt of White Cloth

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Ecco Press, 1984 - Fiction - 176 pages

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Contents

A Bolt of White Cloth
7
The Only Daughter
21
Why the Heathens Are No More
49
Copyright

6 other sections not shown

Common terms and phrases

Agnes ain't arms asked bolt brassieres called casserole Clea cloth coat cough drops daddy door Dream Lady dropped Esther eyes face father feel feet figure fingers five dollars girl goddamnit going gone hair hands he'd head hear heard heathens heels John Yanks kiss kitchen knees ladylove lane laughed legs LEON ROOKE lives looked Mama says mama's mind minute mother nail polish neck never nice old Coolie pretty pulled purse Redbook Richard Ripley Saks Fifth Avenue Saloam seat seemed shoes shoulder Sioux City sleep smile someone staring stay stop suitcase Suzy swatted talking tell There's things thought told tonight took trying Vee Beaverdeck Vee says walked watching What's whispered white apple wife window woman wondered Yoo-hoo

About the author (1984)

Leon Rooke was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina in 1934. He attended Mars Hill College and the University of North Carolina. In addition to writing novels and short stories, he is also an anthologist and a playwright. He is the recipient of many awards and honours including the Governor General's Fiction Award for "Shakespeare's Dog", the Canada-Australia Prize, the Paperback Novel of the Year Award for "Fat Woman", The Pushcart Prize and the North Carolina Award for Literature. He is the founder and artistic director of Eden Mills Writers' Festival. Rooke currently resides in Winnipeg.

Bibliographic information

TitleA Bolt of White Cloth
AuthorLeon Rooke
PublisherEcco Press, 1984
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized15 Sep 2011
ISBN0880010789, 9780880010788
Length176 pages
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