Background
Schumacher, Julie Alison was born on December 2, 1958 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Daughter of Frederick George and Winifred Jean (Temple) Schumacher.
(: A mother's imminent death bizarrely reorders a family's...)
: A mother's imminent death bizarrely reorders a family's dynamics...A cruel prank perpetrated by two little girls on a classmate alters their three lives in unexpected ways...A daughter struggles to explain a troubled relationship with her father, an obsessive scientist whom she simultaneously resents and adores...These are three of the nine remarkable stories by acclaimed author Julie Schumacher that appear in this marvelous new collection. Here is short fiction that offers poignant and unforgettable views of the disordered, unpredictable world of parents and children, sisters and brothers. There are two O'Henry Award-winners in AN EXPLANATION FOR CHAOS, one of which was included in Best American Short Stories. From out of the painful cacophonies of youth and family emerge cries of despair and declaration of hope--angry defiance and harsh, piercing laughter--in a startling and intensely beautiful exploration of the chaos that is life from one of the most original and exciting voices in contemporary American literature.
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(Frances Cressen has the perfect summer planned. She’s goi...)
Frances Cressen has the perfect summer planned. She’s going to Camp Whitman with her best friend, Agnes. But Frances’s mother has something else in mind for the family: Mountain Ash, a spiritual retreat in the middle of nowhere. Frances can’t think of anything worse than Bible class and baby-sitting for eight long weeks—that is, until her mother drives away with her younger brother, Everett, and leaves Frances behind. Now a stranger is renting Frances’s house while she’s stuck living out by the graveyard with her odd aunt Blue. And Camp Whitman is a disaster. The boys in Frances’s group say that weird things are happening at Mountain Ash, and Frances begins to worry and to wonder. Everett doesn’t sound like himself anymore, and her mother never talks about coming home. Are they happier without Frances?
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(Livvie isn’t superstitious like her best friend, Joyce, w...)
Livvie isn’t superstitious like her best friend, Joyce, who thinks everything is bad luck. So Livvie isn’t worried about tearing up the chain letter and throwing it away–until she’s humiliated in gym class, falls down her back stairs, and gets invited to Thanksgiving dinner at Peter Finch’s house. Peter’s dad has crooked teeth, a plastic wonderland in his front yard, and some kind of secret up in his study. There is no way Livvie wants Phil Finch to date her mom. But it’s hard work keeping their families apart–especially when Livvie is assigned to work on the sixth-grade snow maze project with Peter. Clearly, Joyce was right: breaking the chain was a huge mistake. And the only way to set things straight is to find out who sent the letter in the first place. . . . Rich in humor and suspense, Julie Schumacher’s absorbing novel is about friendship, choices, and the kind of luck that really matters.
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literature and language professor
Schumacher, Julie Alison was born on December 2, 1958 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Daughter of Frederick George and Winifred Jean (Temple) Schumacher.
Bachelor, Oberlin College, 1981. Master of Fine Arts, Cornell University, 1986.
Associate professor University Minnesota, Minneapolis.
(Livvie isn’t superstitious like her best friend, Joyce, w...)
(: A mother's imminent death bizarrely reorders a family's...)
(Frances Cressen has the perfect summer planned. She’s goi...)
Married Lawrence Rubin Jacobs, July 9, 1983. Children: Emma Lillian Jacobs, Isabella Nan Jacobs.