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    A Study Guide for Kelly Links's "The Faery Handbag"
    A Study Guide for Kelly Links's "The Faery Handbag"
    A Study Guide for Kelly Links's "The Faery Handbag"
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    A Study Guide for Kelly Links's "The Faery Handbag"

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    A Study Guide for Kelly Links's "The Faery Handbag", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateMar 22, 2018
    ISBN9781410388643
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      A Study Guide for Kelly Links's "The Faery Handbag" - Gale

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      The Faery Handbag

      Kelly Link

      2004

      Introduction

      Readers first introduced to the fiction of Kelly Link are often delightfully surprised to discover an offbeat style of writing unlike anything they have experienced from other writers. Link's story The Faery Handbag provides a fine example of her work. It is the story of a contemporary American teen whose grandmother tells her that she has the population of her hometown, in the mysterious European country of Baldeziwurlekistan, living in the purse she constantly carries around with her. She drops food and library books into the purse to keep the population in there fed and entertained.

      Genevieve, the story's narrator, starts out as skeptical as anyone would be about her grandmother's tales of life in Baldeziwurlekistan and her incredible claims about things that defy reality but comes to accept how these stories, true or not, can help her cope with the difficulties of life for a girl today. Link's way of mixing modern life with fantastic events with a straight-faced factual tone, highlighting how weird life can be for young adults, has made her one of the most acclaimed writers of fantasy and magical realism today.

      The Faery Handbag was originally published in 2004 in the anthology The Faery Reel, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. It won the Hugo Award in 2005 for Best Novelette and the Nebula Award for Best Novelette the following year. It is available in Link's story collection Magic for Beginners (2005) and is available online at the site for Small Beer Press, which she cofounded.

      Author Biography

      Linkwas bornon July 19, 1969, in Miami, Florida. She was always a voracious reader. Her father read her the complete works of J.R.R. Tolkien when she was five years old. Her mother read her all the works of C. S. Lewis. She received her bachelor of arts degree from Columbia University in New York and her master of fine arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

      Link's first collection of short stories, Stranger Things Happen, was published

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