Elizabeth McCracken
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300 short stories: story 243
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “It’s Bad Luck to Die” author: Elizabeth McCracken year: 1993 where: Saadiyat Beach Club poolside with Big Gate note: I really liked the complexity of the mother character in this story. a line: “My life drove my mother crazy. All she wanted was for me to become mirculously blank. I broke her heart–that was my…
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300 short stories:: story 226
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Mercedes Kane” author: Elizabeth McCracken year: 1994 where: 客厅，大门 note: Always on the search for more stories about mothers and daughters. a line: “She was sure she would’ve been great in her twenties, thirties, forever, if she had just been encouraged to greatness early on.” theme(s): Mothers and daughters, genius, child prodigy, parenthood
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 