Throwing Tarts At The King And Other Stories by Anne mode Bianco NEUF

Product Name: Throwing Tarts At The King And Other Stories by Anne mode Bianco NEUF
EAN：9781913606572 UPC：9781913606572 ISBN：9781913606572 mode MPN：N/A Format：Paperback, 250 pages
Stories and essays whose diverse characters struggle with loss, class disparities, and time. They are "the walking wounded." A lawyer who simultaneously mourns and envies his older brothers legacy and regrets his own lost chances finds connection to the tangible in a brawl with a truck driver. A garbage man by day and a zoo security guard by night reaches for autonomy and love when he sheds dependence on an old friend. After his older, idolized brother saves his life, a young boy accepts the possibility of a future without him. A shopaholic reviews the dearth of romantic choices in her life and tries to fill the hole in her soul by finding friendship with a jewelry counter clerk..