Welding With Children - Hardcover

Gautreaux, Tim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031220308X ISBN 13: 9780312203085

Publisher: Picador USA, 1999

Synopsis

A collection of stories offers empathetic portraits of unanchored people finding love and a renewal of traditions, including a man's life-changing ride with a one-armed female hitchhiker and a camera repairman who discovers a woman's secrets in her undeveloped film. Tour.

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Review:

"Both hilarious and honest . . . Gautreaux applies love and compassion, knowledge and ingenuity to create something superb."--"The Seattle Times"

"Startling and redemptive . . . These stories suggest . . . that to be alive means being open to grief and accident, chance and wonder."--"The Chicago Tribune"

"Move Garrison Keilor's Lake Wobegon stories to Louisiana, add heat and Tabasco, and the result would be" Welding With Children"."--"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"

"Gautreaux has perfect pitch . . . it's his fiction's coarse incongruities--epitomized by the book's title--that prove the limitless possibilities of limited geography."--"The New York Times Book Review"

"Finely balanced, sweet and gritty."--"The San Francisco Chronicle"

"A pleasure from start to finish."--"The Cleveland Plain-Dealer "

Both hilarious and honest . . . Gautreaux applies love and compassion, knowledge and ingenuity to create something superb. "The Seattle Times"

Startling and redemptive . . . These stories suggest . . . that to be alive means being open to grief and accident, chance and wonder. "The Chicago Tribune"

Move Garrison Keilor's Lake Wobegon stories to Louisiana, add heat and Tabasco, and the result would be" Welding With Children." "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"

Gautreaux has perfect pitch . . . it's his fiction's coarse incongruities--epitomized by the book's title--that prove the limitless possibilities of limited geography. "The New York Times Book Review"

Finely balanced, sweet and gritty. "The San Francisco Chronicle"

A pleasure from start to finish. "The Cleveland Plain-Dealer""

Both hilarious and honest . . . Gautreaux applies love and compassion, knowledge and ingenuity to create something superb. The Seattle Times

Startling and redemptive . . . These stories suggest . . . that to be alive means being open to grief and accident, chance and wonder. The Chicago Tribune

Move Garrison Keilor's Lake Wobegon stories to Louisiana, add heat and Tabasco, and the result would be Welding With Children. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Gautreaux has perfect pitch . . . it's his fiction's coarse incongruities--epitomized by the book's title--that prove the limitless possibilities of limited geography. The New York Times Book Review

Finely balanced, sweet and gritty. The San Francisco Chronicle

A pleasure from start to finish. The Cleveland Plain-Dealer

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"Both hilarious and honest . . . Gautreaux applies love and compassion, knowledge and ingenuity to create something superb." --The Seattle Times

"Startling and redemptive . . . These stories suggest . . . that to be alive means being open to grief and accident, chance and wonder." --The Chicago Tribune

"Move Garrison Keilor's Lake Wobegon stories to Louisiana, add heat and Tabasco, and the result would be Welding With Children." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Gautreaux has perfect pitch . . . it's his fiction's coarse incongruities--epitomized by the book's title--that prove the limitless possibilities of limited geography." --The New York Times Book Review

"Finely balanced, sweet and gritty." --The San Francisco Chronicle

"A pleasure from start to finish." --The Cleveland Plain-Dealer

About the Author:

Tim Gautreaux's work has appeared in Harpers, The Atlantic Monthly, GQ, Story, and the two most recent editions of Best American Short Stories. He lives in Hammond, Louisiana.

About this edition

• Publisher: Picador USA
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 031220308X
• ISBN 13: 9780312203085
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 209