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    Why Grandma Bought That Car... and Other Stories and Poems

    By Anne R. Allen

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    Short stories and poems from humorist and rom-com mystery novelist Anne R. Allen.

    Some stories, like "Vive La Revolution"--which first appeared in the edgy humor magazine Opium, are satire--and others are more heartfelt. But they are all humorous portraits of rebellious women at various stages of their lives.

    From aging Betty Jo, who feels so invisible she contemplates robbing a bank, to neglected 10-year-old Maude, who turns to a fantasy Elvis for the love she's denied by her patrician family, to a bloodthirsty Valley Girl version of Madam Defarge, these women—young and old—are all rebelling against the stereotypes and traditional roles that hold them back.

    Which is, of course, why Grandma bought that car…

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    PublisherAnne R. Allen
    Release dateDec 17, 2014
    ISBN9781540137005
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    Why Grandma Bought That Car... and Other Stories and Poems
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    Anne R. Allen

    Anne R. Allen is the author of seven comic mysteries including the bestselling Camilla Randall Mysteries. She's co-author of How to be a Writer in the E-Age: a Self-Help Guide, written with NYT bestseller Catherine Ryan Hyde. She blogs at Anne R. Allen's Blog...with Ruth Harris, which Writer's Digest named to their Best 101 Websites for Writers in 2013. Anne is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and spent twenty-five years in the theater—acting and directing—before taking up fiction writing full time. She is the former artistic director of the Patio Playhouse in Escondido, CA and now lives on the Central Coast of California.

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