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Also by Elizabeth McCracken:

The Hero of This Book, October 2022
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The Souvenir Museum, April 2021
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An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir, September 2008
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The Giant's House: A Romance, November 2007
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Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry, October 1997
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Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry
Elizabeth McCracken

Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry is the work of a n unparalleled young storyteller who possesses a rare insight and unconventional wisdom far beyond her years. Her stories will steal your heart.

HarperCollins
October 1997
224 pages
ISBN: 0380730790
Trade Size (reprint)
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Elizabeth McCracken's first novel, The Giant's House- -a finalist for the 1996 National Book Award--was widely praised for its heart, its humor, and its poetic yet unsentimental voice. Like her extraordinary novel, McCracken's stories are a delightful blend of eccentricity and romanticism. In the title story, a young man and his wife are intrigued and amused when a peculiar unknown aunt announces a surprise visit--only the old woman can't be traced on the family tree. In "What We Know About the Lost Aztec Children," the "normal" middle-class son of a former circus performer (the Armless Woman) must suddenly confront his mother's pain. In "It's Bad Luck to Die," a young woman discovers that her husband's loving creations--he's a tattoo artist--make her feel at home in her skin for the first time. Daring, offbeat, and utterly unforgettable,

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