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A collection of stories featuring the working-class struggles and self-sabotaging betrayals of mother and daughter protagonists includes "My Dog Roscoe," "Blood Work, 1999" and "My Bliss."
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GuardianMothers, Tell Your DaughtersIn "My Dog Roscoe," a new bride becomes obsessed with the notion that her dead ex-boyfriend has returned to her in the form of a mongrel. In "Blood Work, 1999," a phlebotomist's desire to give away everything to the needy awakens her own sensuality. In "Home to Die," an abused woman takes revenge on her bedridden husband. In these fearless and darkly funny tales about women and those they love, Campbell’s spirited American voice is at its most powerful.
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