Moore, Lorrie <br/><br/>
Birds of America  : stories 
/ Lorrie Moore 
 - New York  : Picador  , 1999  , c1998. 
 - 291p.  ; 21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Moore has written remarkably varied stories about sadness, crisis, and death. A dysfunctional family plays charades. A woman mourns the death of her cat. Bill traces his melancholy back to the death of his favored sister. A straight man tries a gay relationship while contemplating the kidnap of his son. Particularly difficult and poignant are the stories about the deaths of children. The stories are well written, remarkable in their clarity, full of gut-wrenching description and dialog. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780312241223 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Short stories
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>FIC MOO