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It Takes a Worried Man: Stories

Tracy Daugherty

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The eight stories in Tracy Daugherty's second collection move through the streets of Houston with the quick step of country music and the melancholy humor of the blues. Romance and friendship develop in unlikely places, as people meet across the divide of race and class. In Comfort Me With Apples , a man faces the loss of his family by helping others in their grief and finds himself, unexpectedly, part of a new, extended web of relationships. In A Worried Song After Work, a young labor lawyer nearing bumout rediscovers some of his earlier idealism as he tries to live up to what he perceives as the lofty expectations of his blind date. In Burying the Blues, a junior college history teacher seeks out the origin of the Houston blues, interviewing aging musicians and poking around black neighborhoods. What he discovers is that knowing himself may be the hardest task of all.

Language: English

Pages: 212

Format: Hardcover

Release: May 31, 2002

ISBN 13: 9780870744693

It Takes a Worried Man: Stories

Tracy Daugherty

0/5 ( ratings)

The eight stories in Tracy Daugherty's second collection move through the streets of Houston with the quick step of country music and the melancholy humor of the blues. Romance and friendship develop in unlikely places, as people meet across the divide of race and class. In Comfort Me With Apples , a man faces the loss of his family by helping others in their grief and finds himself, unexpectedly, part of a new, extended web of relationships. In A Worried Song After Work, a young labor lawyer nearing bumout rediscovers some of his earlier idealism as he tries to live up to what he perceives as the lofty expectations of his blind date. In Burying the Blues, a junior college history teacher seeks out the origin of the Houston blues, interviewing aging musicians and poking around black neighborhoods. What he discovers is that knowing himself may be the hardest task of all.

Language: English

Pages: 212

Format: Hardcover

Release: May 31, 2002

ISBN 13: 9780870744693

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