Rule, Rebecca. The best revenge; short stories.RULE, Rebecca. The best revenge; short stories. Univ. of New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). Press. 193p. c1995. 1-58465-373-6, $14.95. SA Rule's love of her native New Hampshire as well as her firsthand first·hand adj. Received from the original source: firsthand information. first knowledge of fishing, hunting and trapping shine through in this superb collection that blends humor with pathos. In "Yankee Curse," Miranda placidly knits her way through a PTA PTA or parent-teacher association: see parent education. meeting, never dropping a stitch as she directs a string of silent invectives toward her opponent, Mort Wallace: "May your neighbors steal from your wood pile. May they incinerate in·cin·er·ate v. in·cin·er·at·ed, in·cin·er·at·ing, in·cin·er·ates v.tr. To cause to burn to ashes. v.intr. To burn completely. their garbage in a barrel at your property line. And may the wind blow in your direction. May you choke on the smoke. May the ashes fall hot on your bald head." In the title story. Catherine derives wicked satisfaction from making an outlandish out·land·ish adj. 1. Conspicuously unconventional; bizarre. See Synonyms at strange. 2. Strikingly unfamiliar. 3. Located far from civilized areas. 4. Archaic Of foreign origin; not native. pottery likeness of her nasty neighbor's head. And in "Parasites," a female college professor with a passive-aggressive male student longs to "wash this boy right out of my hair" South Pacific style. So is it any wonder, after she discovers some of her young daughter's lice have migrated to her own head, that she accidentally-on-purpose ensures that "the arrogant son-of-a-plagiarist" will soon have a little something to remember her by? Rule's darker side shows in the poignant "Etta Walks," in which a woman who has suffered a recent miscarriage miscarriage: see abortion. miscarriage or spontaneous abortion Spontaneous expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus before it can live outside the mother. discovers what happened to her long-dead grandmother on a walk in the same woods. Richly drawn characters and evocative settings make each short story as absorbing as a novel, inviting readers of all ages to linger. S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. Jessica Swaim, Cataloger, Cherry Creek Cherry Creek may refer to:
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