Falling Backwards: Stories of Fathers and Daughters [Paperback]

Gina Frangello (Editor), Elissa Schappell (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2004

Nineteen vivid and compelling stories explore the often charged and tender relationship between a daughter and her father. Includes such notable authors as Pam Houston, Sandra Cisneros, Aimee Bender, Antonya Nelson, Bliss Broyard, Heather Sellers, Steve Almond, Peter Ho Davies, Dan Chaon and others, along with exciting new discoveries. Guest editor Gina Frangello of the award-winning Other Voices magazine, with foreword by Elissa Schappell of Tin House and Vanity Fair. With its universal family theme, Falling Backwards: Stories of Fathers and Daughters is sure to meet a big reception, reaching out from its literary origins to embrace a broad readership with these beautiful and challenging stories.

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With its universal family theme, Falling Backwards: Stories of Fathers and Daughters is sure to meet a big reception, reaching out from its literary origins to embrace a broad readership with these beautiful and challenging stories.

From the Author

Contemporary American writers are meeting the age-old enigma of the father-daughter bond—not with a dismissal of tradition, b4t fiercely on their own terms—and with this book a collection of the best of them have made this subject wholly their own.
—Gina Frangello, from the "Introduction"

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Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: Weighed Words LLC (May 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972525424
• ISBN-13: 978-0972525428
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,419,651 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gina Frangello is the author of the short story collection Slut Lullabies (Emergency Press 2010) and the novel My Sister's Continent (Chiasmus 2006), and her second novel, London Calling, will be released in 2011. Gina is a long-time editor and advocate in the independent publishing community. For ten years she served as the Editor of the award-winning literary magazine, Other Voices, and in 2005 she co-founded its book imprint, Other Voices Books, where she is now the Executive Editor. Other Voices Books (www.ovbooks.com) specializes in short story collections, themed anthologies and novels set outside the United States. Gina also edits the Fiction Section of the popular online literary collective, The Nervous Breakdown (www.thenervousbreakdown.com) and has guest-edited several outside projects, including the anthology Falling Backwards: Stories of Fathers and Daughters (Hourglass 2004) and the inaugural issue of TriQuarterly Online. Her journalism and book reviews have appeared widely in newspapers and blogs such as the Chicago Tribune and The Huffington Post. She can be found online at www.ginafrangello.com and currently resides in Chicago with her husband, twin daughters and son.

Author's note: "I love to do book clubs and blog tours, and have based my writing and editing career around forging personal connections between writers and readers. I'm on Facebook and Twitter, and if you'd like to read more of my nonfiction work, I can be found on The Nervous Breakdown blogging, and respond to all comments left on my stories there!"

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5.0 out of 5 stars Worth any ten other anthologies you'll buy this year, April 14, 2004

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This review is from: Falling Backwards: Stories of Fathers and Daughters (Paperback)

Excellent work throughout. All the compositions are very powerful. Lisa Stolley's "Things are going to be so much better" is outstanding and should be required reading for any father. Be prepared to be deeply moved.