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Reviewed on April 15, 2001
In "It's Water It's Not Going to Kill You," the first story in this eccentric, edgy collection, Georgia Jackson wonders if her parents "might be mental cases." This fretting echoes like a drumbeat in the pages that follow. Throughout these nine interconnected stories, Georgia and her brother, Sid, who swim in the ocean in Orlando nearly every waking moment, seem more like fish than humans. Sid enjoys hanging from the balcony railing by his feet, and their mother, Mary Carolyn, unhappy in her...Log In or Sign Up to Read More



