This is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue,
and all characters with the exception of some well-known
historical and public figures, are products of the author’s
imagination and are not to be construed as real. Where
real-life historical or public figures appear, the situations,
incidents, and dialogues concerning those persons are
entirely fictional and are not intended to depict actual
events or to change the entirely fictional nature of the
work. In all other respects, and resemblance to persons
living or dead is entirely coincidental.
2006 Random House Trade Paperback Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Elizabeth McKenzie
Reading group guide copyright © 2005
by Random House, Inc.
All rights reserved.
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Some of the stories in this book first appeared in the
following publications: “Stop That Girl” in
ZYZZYVA
and
Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002
; “The Possible
World” in
Threepenny Review
and
Pushcart Prize XXV
;
“We Know Where We Are, But Not Why” in
Other Voices
.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
McKenzie, Elizabeth
Stop that girl: a novel in stories / Elizabeth McKenzie.
p. cm.
1. Girls—Fiction. 2. Young women—Fiction.
3. Grandmothers—Fiction. 4. Mothers and daughters—
Fiction. 5. Children of divorced parents—Fiction.
6. United States—Social life
and customs—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3613.C556S76 2005
813’.6—dc22 2004050873]
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