Gina Berriault (January 1, 1926 July 15, 1999) was an American novelist and short story writer. Berriault was born in Long Beach, California to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents. Her father was a freelance writer and Berriault took her inspiration from him, using his stand-up typewriter to write her first stories while still in grammar school. Berriault taught writing at the Iowa Writer's Workshop and San Francisco State University. Berriault had a prolific writing career, which included stories, novels and screenplays. Her writing tended to focus on life in and around San Francisco.
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six years older brother, Eugie, with an old rifle. One morning nine-year-old Arnold wakes up early, in order to go pick peas in the garden with his older brother Eugie. Despite the ring of the alarm clock, Eugie continues to sleep, and Arnold feels uncomfortable. Arnold wakes his brother and goes downstairs. He takes his rifle from the rack with the expectation of going duck shooting. Eugie comes downstairs, too, and A T
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