Hello, I Must Be Going A Novel

Name: Hello, I Must Be Going A Novel
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ISBN: 9780393330182

ISBN-10: 0393330184

ISBN-13: 9780393330182

Edition: 2007

Authors: Christie Hodgen

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"Hodgen's writing soars in this sad and funny novel."Ann Hood, author ofThe Knitting Circle It's the early 1980s, and tomboy Frankie Hawthorne's world is overturned when her beloved fathera Vietnam amputee who masks depression by playing comedianshoots himself. Frankie's neighorhood, in a down-at-the-heels industrial city near Boston, has had its own happier times. Left behind along with Frankie are her mother, Gerrie, a waitress at Friendly's, and a sweetly innocent younger brother, Teddy. Soon, Frankie decides not to talk, resisting the overly ebullient school psychologist, and comforting herself by drawing cartoons. Gerri, now chain-smoking and addicted to televisionDoris Day! Rock…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 314
Size: 0.55" wide x 0.83" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

Christie Hodgen is the author of Elegies for the Brokenhearted; Hello, I Must Be Going; and A Jeweler's Eye for Flaw. She has won the AWP Award for Short Fiction and the Pushcart Prize. She teaches at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where she lives.