| Karen Russell's arresting first novel
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| | Disordered Dreamers).
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| entitled St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised
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| | As the fables unfold, Russell establishes
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| by Wolves has received rave reviews from
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| | a thick, otherworldly haze that doesn't
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| the likes of People Magazine and The New
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| | lift - even between stories. An
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| York Post, and for good reason. Each
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| | adults-only blizzard-themed skating party
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| tale in this darkly surreal collection
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| | goes terribly wrong when the children
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| transports the reader to the murky heat
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| | come in search of their parents and
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| of the Florida Everglades and continues
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| | unintentionally release the ice skating
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| to haunt them even after moving on to the
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| | apes from their enclosures (Lady Yeti and
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| next story.
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| | the Palace of Artificial Snows). A
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| Creepy, fantastical and sparkling with
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| | little girl disappears with the tide
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| whimsy, each story shares a small
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| | while riding a crab shell (Haunting
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| connection with the rest but still seems
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| | Olivia). A retirement community whose
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| light years away from the idea of real
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| | residents live in discarded ships must
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| life. In Girls Raised by Wolves, young
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| | befriend teenage criminals (Out to Sea),
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| women are romanced by spirits (Ava
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| | and a young girl abandons her school trip
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| Wrestles the Alligator), spectral diving
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| | in favor of getting trapped in a giant
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| goggles make ghost-watching a viable
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| | conch shell (The City of Shells).
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| hobby (Haunting Olivia) and narcoleptic
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| | Each story is stands alone in
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| children go to sleep-away camp with ones
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| | magnificence; together, they form an
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| who relive historical disasters in their
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| | anthology of modern-day mythology fit for
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| dreams (Z.Z.'s Sleep-Away Camp for
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| | every cynical fairy tale lover.
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