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The bag lady's picnic and other stories / Frankie McMillan.
- Title
- The bag lady's picnic and other stories / Frankie McMillan.
- Author
- McMillan, Frankie.
- Publication
- Christchurch, N.Z. : Shoal Bay Press, 2001.
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Details
- Description
- 127 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "Meet the Marshmallow Queen, the heroine of this collection's major story, whose wry resilience in the face of outragerous fortune arouses a rich mixture ofcompassion and laughter ; Kenny, the support worker whose 'boundaries' became blurred; and many others - often battlers, loners or society's casualties ..."--Back cover.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Short stories, New Zealand.
- Short stories, New Zealand
- Short stories.
- Note
- Some stories previously published.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- My first husband -- Truthful lies -- Ships in the night -- Marshmallow queen -- Swordfish -- Friends of my mother -- Lost loves -- Six snapshots of Rhona -- Albert Square -- Errant buttons -- The bag lady's picnic -- Mozzie's gift -- Filthy habit -- Big Boy has something to say -- Spade -- Bad friends -- Pablo's crayons -- Jumping the broomstick.
- ISBN
- 1877251097 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 225976280
- SCSB-11428827
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library