Shambles.

MONROE, Debra.

ISBN 10: 0870744860 / ISBN 13: 9780870744860

Published by Southern Methodist University Press. Dallas. 2004., 2004

About this Item

F/F. Signed by the author on title page. As new, unread. 201 pp.

Seller Inventory # 10074

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shambles.
• Publisher: Southern Methodist University Press. Dallas. 2004.
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870744860
• ISBN 13: 9780870744860
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Eking out a living as a social worker in Port Town, Texas, Delia Arco works with teenagers as outcast as she was, as well as a student intern convinced that Delia was sent to replace her murdered parents. In this landscape dominated by rumors and refinery smoke, Delia negotiates uneasy, romantic liaisons with men who can't fathom her obsessive independence and struggles to understand her long lost mother's seedy life and puzzling death. Having been abandoned by her mother, Delia anguishes over raising her adopted daughter, Esme. Delia's frantic love for her child terrifies and sustains her as she cobbles a new family from the ruins of the past.

About the Author

Debra Monroe is the author of three previous works of fiction: The Source of Trouble, which won the Flannery O'Connor Award; A Wild, Cold State; and Newfangled. She teaches at Texas State University- San Marcos and lives in Wimberley, Texas.