. . "FICTION / General" . . "Minnesota" . . . . . "Lillian Anderson is a strong-minded, backwoods-Minnesota girl, well-versed in the basics of survival. She can find air to breathe under a capsized boat, drive in a blizzard, or capture a wild duck. As part of a large struggling family, she tiptoes around her explosive father whose best days always come right after he's poached something and her neurotically optimistic mother whose bursts of vigor bring added chaos. Lillian barrels through adolescence with no illusions about her future, honing her clerical skills while working the nightshift as a salad girl in the airport kitchen. Just as she's on her feet and moving out, their house is literally sinking into the marsh. Stunningly honest, this story explores the fierce love that binds family together. From the Trade Paperback edition."@en . "A brief history of the flood : stories" . "A brief history of the flood : stories"@en . . . . . "\"In Acorn Lake, Minnesota, Lillian Anderson has reached the end of childhood still believing her much-adored mother's worldview that life is a floating-wedding-cake fantasy fueld by love. She believes it even while naming every new pet right away, because anything without a name is likely to get eaten.\"--Jacket." . . . . . . "A brief history of the flood stories"@en . . . "\"In Acorn Lake, Minnesota, Lillian Anderson has reached the end of childhood still believing her much-adored mother's worldview that life is a floating-wedding-cake fantasy fueld by love. She believes it even while naming every new pet right away, because anything without a name is likely to get eaten.\"--Jacket."@en . . . . . . "Fiction" . . "Fiction"@en . . . "Electronic books"@en . .