The corn maiden and other nightmares
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Average rating3.4
A volume of six stories and novellas by the National Book Award-winning author of We Were the Mulvaneys includes the title story, in which the disappearance of a sweet blonde-haired child is linked to her mother's indiscretions, a too-obvious schoolteacher and an older student with a fascination for a Native American legend.
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I was looking forward to reading another JCO after loving Foxfire a couple of years ago but this collection of short stories was underwhelming. I wonder if she just needs more room to write, as it often seemed like what might have been a good idea didn't have the space to be fleshed out properly. It all felt a bit half-arsed. I'll definitely try another of her characteristically huge books but her short stories aren't for me.
