Lost in the City

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The nation's capital that serves as the setting for the stories in Edward P. Jones's prizewinning collection, Lost in the City, lies far from the city of historic monuments and national politicians. Jones takes the reader beyond that world into the lives of African American men and women who work against the constant threat of loss to maintain a sense of hope. From "The Girl Who Raised Pigeons" to the well-to-do career woman awakened in the night by a phone call that will take her on a journey back to the past, the characters in these stories forge bonds of community as they struggle against the limits of their city to stave off the loss of family, friends, memories, and, ultimately, themselves. Critically acclaimed upon publication, Lost in the City introduced Jones as an undeniable talent, a writer whose unaffected style is not only evocative and forceful but also filled with insight and poignancy. Cover Image......Page 1 Title Page......Page 3 Dedication Page......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 The Girl Who Raised Pigeons......Page 7 The First Day......Page 33 The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed......Page 39 Young Lions......Page 61 The Store......Page 83 An Orange Line Train to Ballston......Page 111 The Sunday Following Mother’s Day......Page 123 Lost in the City......Page 147 His Mother’s House......Page 157 A Butterfly on F Street......Page 183 Gospel......Page 189 A New Man......Page 209 A Dark Night......Page 223 Marie......Page 235 A Selection from All Aunt Hagar’s Children: A Rich Man......Page 251 Acknowledgments......Page 275 About the Author......Page 276 Praise......Page 277 Also by Edward P. Jones......Page 279 Credits......Page 280 Copyright Notice......Page 281 About the Perfectbound......Page 282