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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Page 44
... body on the gravel road . A body that wanted to leave anyway . A body so sad and ready to die . All revved up for that flight and finally , on a very hot day , like mist through the chain links . ( My other neighbor Katy and me sit on ...
... body on the gravel road . A body that wanted to leave anyway . A body so sad and ready to die . All revved up for that flight and finally , on a very hot day , like mist through the chain links . ( My other neighbor Katy and me sit on ...
Page 129
... bodies . My mother's blood will run through my fingers and rush past my legs and at the moment of her passing through me I'll feel her blood and know it's her blood in the streets . And ... body small . 129 WILD BURGERS M E A T BULLY AND THE.
... bodies . My mother's blood will run through my fingers and rush past my legs and at the moment of her passing through me I'll feel her blood and know it's her blood in the streets . And ... body small . 129 WILD BURGERS M E A T BULLY AND THE.
Page 198
... body , careful not to leave meat on the hide . So much salt for one body , throw the rock salt over the carcass as he works . The flies buzz around the pieces of meat sliced from the hide and flicked off the hand , stuck on the floor of ...
... body , careful not to leave meat on the hide . So much salt for one body , throw the rock salt over the carcass as he works . The flies buzz around the pieces of meat sliced from the hide and flicked off the hand , stuck on the floor of ...
Contents
THREE | 166 |
Water Black and Bright | 205 |
The Last Dance Is Always a Slow Dance | 223 |
Copyright | |
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