'Stop That Girl': Anti-Fairy Tales
Elizabeth MacKenzie offers a selection of hauntingly true-to-life short stories. Random House
All Things Considered, March 17, 2005 · Alan Cheuse reviews Stop That Girl by California writer Elizabeth McKenzie, nine short stories so true to life that you'd think the events described must have actually happened.
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