TY  - BOOK
AU  - Flanagan,Erin
TI  - It's not going to kill you, and other stories /Erin Flanagan
T2  - Flyover fiction
SN  - 9781461933762
AV  - PS3606 .I876 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Lincoln
PB  - University of Nebraska Press
KW  - Short stories, American
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; It's not going to kill you --; The good neighbor --; Dog people --; I don't live in this town --; Front and center --; A possible story --; The summer of cancer --; Feather the nest --; The winning ticket --; A democrat in Nebraska --; The only thing that can take you --; All I want is you; 2; b
N2  - "It's not going to kill you," a mother tells her protesting child. And maybe it won't, but that doesn't mean anyone is getting off scot-free. A no-man's-land between exoneration and repercussion, this is the place where the people in Erin Flanagan's stories live: in events as big as 9/11 and as small as an infatuation with a dog groomer, as meaningful as the birth of a baby and as senseless as a car crash, as unique as a 1980s air band living out dreams for a city in decline and as common as an afterschool job that sucks. These stories accept that we all make mistakes, but it's what we
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