
The Franklin Avenue Rookery for Wayward Babies: and other stories
Short stories, General fiction
Human-narrated audio
Summary
A collection of ten short stories that takes us to far-flung regions of the world, offering an uncanny, authentic grasp of cultures. We travel from Varanasi to Tijuana, from Rome to Lhasa, to New Orleans, Valdez, Barcelona, and the Isle… of Skye. The characters are just as diverse, and they are written with a remarkable mixture of pathos and humor. Contains strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex