Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls

Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls is the debut short story collection of author Alissa Nutting, winner of the Sixth Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction.[1] The book was a ForeWord Book of the Year finalist, as well as an Eric Hoffer Montaigne Medal finalist for thought-provoking texts.

Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls
AuthorAlissa Nutting
Cover artistCatrin Welz-Stein
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
PublishedOctober 1, 2010 (2010-10-01) (Starcherone Books)
Pages188
AwardsStarcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction[1]
ISBN9780984213320
OCLC794493974

Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls, which was first published by Starcherone Books in October 2010 and reprinted in August 2011 by the same publisher,[2] features eighteen dark but humorous short stories that investigates the world of women and girls and their jobs in our contemporary society. American novelist Lydia Millet said about the book: "[Alissa] Nutting's outrageous writing makes my face split with laughter ... She's glorious chaos and utterly original."[1][3]

References
  1. "Unclean Jobs: Alissa Nutting". Starcherone Books.
  2. Nutting 2010.
  3. Nutting 2010, Back cover.

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