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GCDS-9780872864184 03 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100469670 02 0872864189 03 9780872864184 15 9780872864184 BC 1 A01 Brown, Rebecca Rebecca Brown Rebecca Brown is the winner of the 2003 Washington State Book Award. Her books include: <em>The Gifts of the Body</em>, <em>Excerpts From A Family Medical Dictionary</em>, <em>The Terrible Girls</em>, <em>The Dogs</em>, <em>Annie Oakley's Girl</em>, and <em>The End of Youth</em>. She was awarded a Genius Award and grant from Seattle's weekly magazine, <em>The Stranger</em>. 01 eng 144 01 <P><em>The End of Youth </em>is a collection of 13 linked stories, essays and rants, about carrying on after youth's hope is gone. In "Afraid of the Dark," a child learns that there is good reason to be afraid. The adolescent narrator of "Description of a Struggle" finds that love can be brutal. "The Smokers" -examines an adult's realization that longevity means seeing loved ones die. Written with the same spare and vivid beauty as her earlier award-winning works, <em>The End of Youth </em>is certain to win even wider acclaim.</P><P><strong>Rebecca Brown </strong>is the author of <em>The Terrible Girls, Annie Oakley's Girl, The Gifts of the Body </em>and <em>The Dogs</em>. She lives in Seattle.</P> 02 The End of Youth is a collection of 13 linked stories, essays and rants, about carrying on after youth's hope is gone. In "Afraid of the Dark," a child learns that there is good reason to be afraid. The adolescent narrator of "Description of a... 08 "Throughout her writing career, Brown has exhibited a rare sensitivity in delving into difficult, uncomfortable material - death, disease, imperfect bodies and minds... in this slim book... there's also humor and sensuality so intense it's visionary..." San Francisco Chronicle 08 "Rarer than the newness, the wit, the vivid readability, is the deep caring understanding, the wholeness, the truth with which this astonishing, haunting writer creates her people." Tillie Olsen 08 "A strange and wonderful first-person voice emerges from the stories of Rebecca Brown, who strips her language of convention to lay bare the ferocious rituals of love and need." The New York Times Book Review 08 "In The End of Youth, her new collection of stories and essays, Brown turns [a] gentle yet relentless gaze onto herself -- or rather, onto scenes remembered from her childhood. The result is effortlessly perverse and frequently hilarious." Booklist 04 02 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100469670/images/87286100469670L.gif 07 02 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100469670/images/87286100469670S.gif http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100469670 City Lights Publishers 01 City Lights Publishers 20030501 01 8 in 02 5.5 in 08 16 oz City Lights Books 01 WORLD 20 20030501 01 02 13.95 USD