City of boys: stories (1st ed.)

Set in New York City, middle America, the beaches of Florida and rural highways, suburban kitchens, and cross-country trains, the ten stories of City of Boys evoke a haunting landscape at once familiar and strange.

A small-town girl flees her domineering mother and falls into an obsessive love affair with an older woman in New York City.

A sixteen-year-old envies her cousin's sex appeal while avoiding the attentions of her middle-aged uncle.

A brother tries to protect his sister by convincing her never to leave their apartment, but his control is threatened when he takes a new job. And there is more, in this stunning debut by a masterful new voice in American literature.From the Trade Paperback edition.