Amy E. Wallen is associate director at the New York State Summer Writers Institute and teaches creative writing at the University of California, San Diego Extension. Her first novel, MoonPies and Movie Stars, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Illustrations
When We Were Ghouls
Part 1. Nigeria
Redneck Arrival
My Baptism
Under the Dogonyaro Tree
One Without the Other
What Won’t Rub Off
From Gypsy to Socialite
Bees and Bad Men
Christmas Execution
Pine-Solo
Two New Knees
The Vestibule
Part 2. Peru
Deer in the Headlights
Arriving at Midnight
Seeds Don’t Grow in a Hotel
Buche de Noel
The Lima Welcome Wagon
Godzilla, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Black Magic and a Guitar Solo
Phantom Limb
Christmas Bird
Our Best Imitation of Gringos
The Butcher Gets Bigger
Part 3. Bolivia
Taking Flight
Tabloids and Cigarettes
Politicians in the Living Room
The Chicken-Wire Menagerie
What I Do See
Part 4. Reentry
Helter Skelter
Images on a Paper Soul
What Remains
Acknowledgments
