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In a debut collection by an award-winning short story writer, a scout troop of African-American girls is confronted by a group of disabled white girls, a young man considers his allegiance to his father during the Million Man March in Washington, and an international group of work-seeking drifters finds themselves starving in Japan.

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ZZ Packer's Drinking Coffee Elsewhere: A Strong Cuppa Writing

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Pros Everything between the first story's first word and the last story's last word.
Cons There are only eight stories. You yearn for more.
Recommended it? Yes

Long before you open Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, ZZ Packer's voice is a wave born in mid-ocean, gathering strength, obeying the moon's pull, churning toward land, so that when you finally do turn to the first page and read the first paragraph of the first story ("Brownies"), her strong, full,... Read full review »

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Drinking Coffee Elsewhere - ZZ Packer - 9781573223782 - 1573223786

ISBN13: 9781573223782. ISBN10: 1573223786. by ZZ Packer. Published by Penguin Group (USA) Inc.. Edition: 03

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Free Worldwide Delivery : Drinking Coffee Elsewhere : Paperback : Riverhead Books : 9781573223782 : 1573223786 : 03 Feb 2004 : Already an award-winning writer, Packer now shares her long awaited debut collection of stories which has been greeted with acclaim.

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Authors Z. Z. Packer
Fiction Genre Family & Relationships
Narrator Shirley Jordan

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London Review of Books: "...DRINKING COFFEE ELSEWHERE is an intelligent and memorable meditation on what it means to be a victim. Although each of the stories shows the importance of race, they all challenge the assumptions that to be black must mean feeling like a loser, and that feeling like a loser is always caused by being black....The central characters themselves are fully alive, and each story shows that race is only one element in their sense of themselves as people apart. Packer can be very funny...[A]t her best, Packer combines her political vision with an impressive lightness of touch."

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Other - UnabridgedOctober 30, 2006Findaway World Llc7.5"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 1"(d), 0.26 lbs.9781598955651

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