We Are Taking Only What We Need: Stories – A Prizewinning Collection of Intimate Fiction on Working-Class African American Life in the South (Art of the Story, 11)

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We Are Taking Only What We Need: Stories – A Prizewinning Collection of Intimate Fiction on Working-Class African American Life in the South (Art of the Story, 11)

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Fiction. African American Studies. African American women protagonists lose and find love, confront sanity and craziness, and strive to make sense of their lives in North Carolina. A Jehovah's Witness girl goes door-to-door with an expert field-service partner from up north. At a call center, operator Sheila fields a caller's uncomfortable questions under a ruthless supervisor's eye. Forty-something Aunt Ginny surprises the family by finding a husband, but soon she gives them more to talk about. Pulitzer-Prize winner Edward P. Jones writes "Watts offers an impressive debut that promises only wonderful work to come." Fiction writer Marly Swick agrees: "Each story seems, at the same time, to be a breath of fresh air and an instant classic." Author Alyce Miller notes that "Watts writes with a penetrating eye for the extraordinary moments in the lives of ordinary people. As I read, I found myself holding my breath."

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Published November 30, 2011
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