02568cam a2200409 i 4500 2791849861 TxAuBib 20250624120000.0 r 260327s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781778522031 electronic bk. 1778522033 electronic bk. MWT15991833 Midwest rda TxAuBib rda Garcia, Rebecca Hirsch, author. The Girl Who Cried Diamonds & Other Stories [Hoopla] / Rebecca Hirsch Garcia. [United States : ECW Press, 2023. Made available through hoopla. 1 online resource (208 pages.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Instant title available through hoopla. The boundaries between realist and fabulist, literary and speculative are shattered in this remarkable debut collection for readers of Carmen Maria Machado, André Alexis, and Angélique Lalonde. A girl born in a small, unnamed pueblo is blessed, or cursed, with the ability to produce valuable gems from her bodily fluids. A tired wife and mother escapes the confines of her oppressive life and body by shapeshifting into a cloud. A girl reckons with the death of her father and her changing familial dynamics while slowly, mysteriously losing her physical senses. Infused with keen insight and presented in startling prose, the stories in this dark, magnetic collection by newcomer Rebecca Hirsch Garcia invite the reader into an uncanny world out of step with reality while exploring the personal and interpersonal in a way that is undeniably, distinctly human. The stories in this collection are dark, magnetic, uncanny, and uncomfortable. They are literary and speculative, familiar but not quite reality, and many verge on the horrific. They examine the complexity of individual identity and of interpersonal relationships-each is elevated by Hirsch Garcia's very keen human insight. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Hoopla eBook. Short stories, Canadian Fiction. Literature Fiction. Magic realism (Literature) Fiction. Electronic books. Short stories. lcgft Horror fiction. lcgft Fiction. lcgft Hoopla digital. https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/15991833?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh3964 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ecw_9781778522031_180.jpeg Cover image BSBPL