01627cam a2200325 i 4500 1078416294 TxAuBib 20240214120000.0 230420s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781639730100 HRD 26.99 1639730109 HRD 26.99 (OCoLC)1376418950 TxAuBib rda Hunt, Laird. Float up, sing down [BOOK] : stories / Laird Hunt. New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024. ©2024. 207 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Candy Wilson has forgotten to buy the paprika. Turner Davis needs to get his zinnias in. Della Dorner told her mother she was going to the Galaxy Swirl, but that's not where she's really headed on her new Schwinn five-speed. Float Up, Sing Down is the story of a single day. But in that day, how much teeming life! The residents of this rural town have their routines, their preferences, their joys, grudges, and regrets. Gossip is paramount. Lives are entwined. Retired sheriffs climb corn bins and muse on lost love, French teachers throw firecrackers out of barn windows, and teenagers borrow motorcycles to ride the back roads.". 20240214. Small cities Indiana Fiction. Summer Fiction. City and town life Fiction. Community life Fiction. Indiana Fiction. Short stories.