Title
Mattaponi Queen : stories / Belle Boggs.
Published
Minneapolis, MN : Graywolf Press, 2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Notes
"Winner of the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference Bakeless Prize"--P. [1] of cover.
Summary
Set on the Mattaponi Indian Reservation and in its surrounding counties, the stories in this linked collection detail the lives of rural men and women with stark realism and plainspoken humor. A young military couple faces a future shadowed by injury and untold secrets. A dying alcoholic attempts to reconcile with his estranged children. And an elderly woman's nurse weathers life with her irascible charge by making payments on a decrepit houseboat--the Mattaponi Queen. The land is parceled into lots, work opportunities are few, and the remaining inhabitants must choose between desire and necessity as they navigate the murky stream of possession, love, and everything in between.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Contents
Deer season
Good news for a hard time
Imperial chrysanthemum
Opportunity
It won't be long
Jonas
Buckets of rain
Homecoming
Election day
Mattaponi Queen
Shelter
Youngest daughter.
Genre/Form
Short stories.