Wild Meat and the Bully BurgersIn her hilarious and heartbreaking debut novel (Library Journal), Lois-Ann Yamanaka introduces the world to Lovey Nariyoshi, who comes of age in a working-class Japanese American family living in Hilo, Hawaii. Lovey longs to live in a haole (white) neighborhood and have straight blond hair and long Miss America legs. |
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Daddv soaking wet after fixing a flat outside of Kurtistown, lie finishes, stops, and
stares at the sky, the rain pouring on his glassy face. When he gets in and we
drive for a while, he says, "I tell you one story, Lovey. About the three of us —
Tora, ...
Daddv soaking wet after fixing a flat outside of Kurtistown, lie finishes, stops, and
stares at the sky, the rain pouring on his glassy face. When he gets in and we
drive for a while, he says, "I tell you one story, Lovey. About the three of us —
Tora, ...
Page 167
"My fav'rite thing for do was hang around with Tora and Uri when they let me
small kine be with them. I tell you, I use to wait on the roadside sometimes one
hour if I hear Tora and Uri talking about going fishing at breakfast time. I no like
them ...
"My fav'rite thing for do was hang around with Tora and Uri when they let me
small kine be with them. I tell you, I use to wait on the roadside sometimes one
hour if I hear Tora and Uri talking about going fishing at breakfast time. I no like
them ...
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Uncle Tora sometimes forces himself to look out the window when Father tells
him stories and doesn't look back for a long time. "Then you remember the huge
Norfolk pine tree that got hit by lightning while we were walking to school the next
...
Uncle Tora sometimes forces himself to look out the window when Father tells
him stories and doesn't look back for a long time. "Then you remember the huge
Norfolk pine tree that got hit by lightning while we were walking to school the next
...
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User Review - kyuuketsukirui - LibraryThingOh, I loved this so much. This is maybe my favorite type of fiction ever, short stories about being a kid/growing up, but not for kids. I like children's lit/YA okay (some books I really love), but I ... Read full review
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User Review - hsollom - LibraryThingPersonal Response: More a collection of loose vignettes than a novel, the different styles are sometimes lyrical and sometimes realistic. Lovey’s attempts to establish an identity apart from herself ... Read full review
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| Title | Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers Harvest American writing Harvest books |
| Author | Lois-Ann Yamanaka |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt Brace, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0156004836, 9780156004831 |
| Length | 277 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / General |
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