American Lawn Pat can t help noticing that the neighbourhood is changing and now a new couple have moved in next door Already they ve started renovating the house and it looks as though the garden is next But when

Pat can t help noticing that the neighbourhood is changing and now a new couple have moved in next door Already, they ve started renovating the house and it looks as though the garden is next But when Pat spots an advert asking for a plot of land in exchange for vegetables, she begins to realise that she can make a few changes in her own back yard too Beautifully crPat can t help noticing that the neighbourhood is changing and now a new couple have moved in next door Already, they ve started renovating the house and it looks as though the garden is next But when Pat spots an advert asking for a plot of land in exchange for vegetables, she begins to realise that she can make a few changes in her own back yard too Beautifully crafted and sharply observed, American Lawn is an exclusive new story from the author of best selling novel, The Report
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JESSICA FRANCIS KANE is the author of The Report Graywolf, 2010 , a finalist for the 2010 Flaherty Dunnan First Novel Prize from the Center for Fiction and a Barnes Noble Discover pick She is also the author of the story collection Bending Heaven Counterpoint, 2002 , which was published in the US and the UK Her stories have been broadcast on BBC radio and have appeared in many publications, including Granta, Virginia Quarterly Review, McSweeney s, The Missouri Review, and Michigan Quarterly Review Her essays and humor pieces have appeared in Salon, McSweeney s Internet Tendency and The Morning News, where she is a contributing writer She lives in New York with her husband and their two children.