Lesson & First Sale | Granta

  • Published: 02/05/2013
  • ISBN: 9781846275166
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Lesson & First Sale

Jessica Francis Kane

In Lesson, a mother challenges her son to a feat of strength, confident of her own physical and moral sturdiness. A little boy helps his mother prepare for an extraordinary yard sale in First Sale, coming to terms with the notions of trade, exchange and irretrievable loss in the process.

The Author

Jessica Francis Kane is the author of Rules for Visiting and The Report (both published by Granta). She is also the author of two story collections, Bending Heaven (Chatto & Windus, 2003) and This Close (Graywolf, 2013). She lives in New York City.

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