The Man in the Shed: Stories
- ISBN-10
- 1921520663
- ISBN-13
- 9781921520662
- Category
- Families
- Pages
- 265
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Author
- Lloyd Jones
Description
A boy watches his mother hooked and reeled ashore by a fisherman. A man builds a swing in the backyard to sit between his wife and her lover. A couple gives up their seat on a bus for lovers soon to be parted. A boy sees his mother come to life gliding on roller skates. Lloyd Jones's The Man in the Shedis a haunting collection of stories about family and longing. Jones's extraordinary tales take conventional family situations and tilt them sideways, delivering a memorable, beautiful blend of the suburban and the surreal.
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