Everything you need to understand or teach Bark Stories by Lorrie Moore.
“Bark” is a collection of eight short stories by Lorrie Moore. These eight short stories touch on many common themes, including loss, marriage, aging, unhappy endings, and cruelty.
In “Debarking”, divorcee Ira Milkens attempts to get back into the dating world by going out with Zora, a woman who is mentally unsound and unhealthily obsessed with her 16-year-old son – things which he overlooks due to Zora’s attractiveness and his own...