· For her acclaimed collection of stories, Red Ant House, Joyce Carol Oates hailed Ann Cummins as “a master storyteller.” The San Francisco Yellowcake by Ann Cummins. Paperback (Reprint) $ Paperback. $ NOOK Book. $ View All Author: Ann Cummins. "Yellowcake" (published in hardcover in ; the trade paperback was released in April ) is Ann Cummins' first novel, following her critically acclaimed short story collection "Red Ant House." Cummins was born in Durango; when she was nine, her father--a uranium mill worker--moved the family to Shiprock, where she stayed through high school.4/5(17). Now, in her debut novel, Cummins stakes claim to rich new literary territory with a story of straddling cultures and cheating fate in the American Southwest. Yellowcake introduces us to two unforgettable families—one Navajo, one Anglo—some thirty years after the closing of the uranium mill near which they once made their homes.
Yellowcake by Ann Cummins, Ap, Mariner Books edition, Paperback in English - 1 edition. Yellowcake: Review of Yellowcake by Ann Cummins, plus back-story and other interesting facts about the book. For her acclaimed collection of stories, Red Ant House, Joyce Carol Oates hailed Ann Cummins as a master storyteller." The San Francisco Chronicle called her startlingly original." Now, in her debut novel, Cummins stakes claim to rich new litera.
In "Yellowcake," author Ann Cummins has crafted a fine novel of pain and perseverance, in which the characters balance personal responsibility with doing the best one can in any number of situations. In her debut novel, award-winning short story writer Ann Cummins proves, as Jodi Picoult has before her, that it’s possible to write not only an issue-centered novel but an entertaining one as well. Yellowcake is the story of a number of families in Shiprock, New Mexico whose patriarchs worked at a uranium mine in the s. Both mine supervisor Ryland Mahoney and miner Woody Atcitty now suffer from unnamed lung disorders, and as the book opens in , Woody’s daughter Becky comes to. Author: Ann Cummins. Yellowcake Towns provides a look at the supply side of the Atomic Age and serves as an important contribution to the growing bibliography of atomic history. Jun 17, · Everyone needs a good scratch yellow cake recipe in their recipe box.
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