Ebook {Epub PDF} How Far She Went by Mary Hood

In “How Far She Went,” by Mary Hood, a grandmother sacrifices the life of her dog to save her ungovernable granddaughter. Being a good parent involves more than just physical care, it involves making the right choice for the child, even if it hurts them in the process.  · Created Date: 3/10/ PM. Mary Hood’s first collection of short stories, How Far She Went, was published in and won the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction and the Southern Review/Louisiana State University Short Fiction Award. This study guide refers to the University of Georgia Press edition published in Four stories in the collection first appeared in The Georgia Review: “A Country Girl,” “Doing This, Saying .

Mary Hood (born Septem in Brunswick, Georgia) is a fiction writer of predominantly Southern literature, who has authored three short story collections - How Far She Went, And Venus is Blue and A Clear View of the Southern Sky - two novellas - And Venus is Blue (also the title of her second short story collection) and Seam Busters - and a novel, Familiar Heat. In "How Far She Went" by Mary Hood, a grandmother is haunted by her past mistakes. Her granddaughter's father leaves the child in her care. The grandmother struggles to overcome her complicated history of being a young, single mother, in order to raise the child. The granddaughters aloof spirit and disinterest in authority. How Far She Wentt Mary Hood Analysis. "When the woman realized that, she did what she had to do.". In "How Far She Went," by Mary Hood, a grandmother sacrifices the life of her dog to save her ungovernable granddaughter. Being a good parent involves more than just physical care, it involves making the right choice for the child, even if.

Created Date: 3/10/ PM. MARY HOOD is also the author of Familiar Heat and How Far She Went (Georgia), a winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Her work has been published in the Georgia Review, North American Review, and Yankee, among other publications. WITH EDITED TEXT FROM MY INSTRUCTOR A Jungian perspective on "How Far She Went" by Mary Hood "How Far She Went" by Mary Hood is an intense story full of ever-changing and turbulent emotions. In writing about this story and its author, it can be seen there is more in depth reasoning and motivation underneath the characters actions than one might initially think.