| Airstream Contributor(s): Young, Patricia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1897231016 ISBN-13: 9781897231012 Publisher: Biblioasis OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: These fourteen stories by acclaimed poet Patricia Young explore the small victories and lurching disappointments, losses and betrayals of the everyday with a language and style that is tautly poetic and beautifully unsentimental. A woman who cannot leave her house loses almost everything, her only companion a garrulous radio talk show host; a house first sets in motion the end of a amarriage as a couple re-examine the meaning of truth and commitment; a teenage girl cannot extract herself from a doomed relationship with a heroin addict. Innocence, and the loss of it, are handled with humour, compassion, and heartbreaking honesty. Young reveals an uncanny ability to see the mysterious in the commonplace. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.88" W x 8.65" (0.78 lbs) 192 pages |
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| Publisher Description: These fourteen stories by acclaimed poet Patricia Young explore the small victories and lurching disappointments, losses and betrayals of the everyday with a language and style that is tautly poetic and beautifully unsentimental. A woman who cannot leave her house loses almost everything, her only companion a garrulous radio talk show host; a house fire sets in motion the end of a marriage as a couple re-examine the meaning of truth and commitment; a teenage girl cannot extract herself from a doomed relationship with a heroin addict. Innocence, and the loss of it, are handled with humour and compassion, and heartbreaking honesty. Young reveals an uncanny ability to see the mysterious in the commonplace. |