![]() “At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners” tells the story of Jude, a young boy who lives with his parents in a Florida swamp. At the end of the story, she imagines herself at home in bed with her children, but continues walking. She reflects on the gradual gentrification of her neighborhood and the city's efforts to push out the homeless population. She observes her neighbors, including an obese teenager on a treadmill and a friend drying herself off after a shower. In the first story, “Ghosts & Empties,” an unnamed narrator describes taking late night walks through her neighborhood in order to ease her chronic anxiety, which is partially related to her fears of climate change. ![]() New York: Riverhead Books, 2018.įlorida is a collection of 11 short stories linked by common themes and its characters' relationship to the state for which it is named. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Groff, Lauren. ![]()
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