Love Letters from a Fat Man

Love Letters from a Fat Man
ISBN-10
188615760X
ISBN-13
9781886157606
Category
Fiction
Pages
238
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
Bkmk Pr/Umkc
Author
Naomi Benaron

Description

"A collection of short stories about family relationships and coming of age both in the United States and Rwanda during the 1990s Rwandan holocaust that offers a look at the wider subjects of race, religion, discrimination, and mental illness"--Provided b

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