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Plot and prose are rendered perfectly, and the ending will drive readers to scribble questions in the margins and create book clubs and discussion groups. Crocker is a writer we will be talking about for a long time.” — \u003cem\u003eNewfoundland Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“There are novels that feel alive. There is no other way to describe it, because words like ‘fresh’ or ‘current’ are not enough. These novels are more than just a compelling plot or strong writing. They do more than tap into current events or debates. These novels offer access to something made animate on the page, and speak from a perspective that feels somehow deeply familiar and entirely unknown; Eva Crocker’s \u003cem\u003eAll I Ask\u003c\/em\u003e is one such novel … Refreshing as it is tense and sensual as it is sad, \u003cem\u003eAll I Ask\u003c\/em\u003e is a sharp and absorbing read.” — \u003cem\u003eMiramichi Reader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Eva Crocker's stunning debut, \u003cem\u003eAll I Ask\u003c\/em\u003e, eloquently depicts a generation struggling to gain self-determination in a climate steeped in societal deprivation, violence, and greed. Her characters, informed by progressive ideals and the optimism of youth, labour to overcome precariousness in all aspects of their lived experience. Housing. Employment. Love. All they ask of their home, by birth or by choice, is for some semblance of physical autonomy, emotional respect, and financial stability. 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She is a fascinating, keen voice in Newfoundland and Labrador. \u003cem\u003eAll I Ask\u003c\/em\u003e is a compelling novel and an impressive accomplishment for one of our most promising writers.” — Megan Gail Coles, author of \u003cem\u003eSmall Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Crocker pulls off an ending that brings the drama full circle in a way that is both unexpected and satisfying … Comparisons to Sally Rooney and Eileen Myles have been made, but there’s something in Crocker’s forthright descriptions of physical bodies and their functions that feels closer to the work of Ottessa Moshfegh … It is Crocker’s straightforward honesty and forthrightness that is most refreshing.” — \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR EVA CROCKER AND \u003cem\u003eBARRELLING FORWARD\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, Canadian Authors Association Emerging Writer Award\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFinalist, Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFinalist, NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“An intimate and fascinating read.” — \u003cem\u003eThis Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Suggesting Alice Munro is both high and lazy praise — an easy way to say well-set short fiction and a pretty future for Crocker in CanLit — but there’s a quality to this Newfoundland author’s work that fans of the Nobel Prize winner will recognize, if they’re willing to displace age, place, and decoration accordingly. 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All I Ask
All I Ask by the award-winning and highly acclaimed author Eva Crocker is a defining novel of a generation.
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Each page is filled with the mundane, steeped in awe. And underneath it all lies a strange rage. Eva Crocker is a bright new misfit in Canlit.” — Heather O’Neill, author of \u003cem\u003eDaydreams of Angels\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Honest, funny, smart and so, so well-crafted, Barrelling Forward is a feast for those starving for the real thing in fiction. The ancient and peculiar mystery of intimacy — how we fit (or fail to fit) into the lives that surround us — winds its murky way through the whole collection, but each story burns with the excitement of a brand new case, completely original, and saturated with sharp detail. This is the work of a debut writer already at the top of her game. 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Where Munro so remarkably captures rural banality, Crocker taps a similarly enthralling mundanity in Quebec’s urban bustle and Eastern Canada’s could-be-anywhere suburban sprawls.” — \u003cem\u003eNational Post \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“A fine and enthralling collection that will excite and seduce readers.” — \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“\u003cem\u003eBarrelling Forward\u003c\/em\u003e, is a short-story collection unique for its diverse points of view … Crocker draws us in immediately … these brief pieces resonate with the reader for a long time.” — \u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“[B]eautifully tense, packed with true-to-life richness … This is a sure-footed and promising literary introduction.” — \u003cem\u003eThe Telegram\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“\u003cem\u003eBarrelling Forward\u003c\/em\u003e comes at you in about the same way as her title would suggest: brazen, but entirely enthralling. 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He’s helping me move.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis father passed him the package, little beads of rain still on the bag. Walt’s father edged his way into the apartment as Walt stepped backwards to make room for him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“New windows?” His father looked around in the living room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It’s renovated.” Walt skimmed a hand along the sharp hairs growing on his jawbone. He was aware of the heat spreading across his face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Good, it’s easier to keep a new place clean. We drove by and saw you didn’t have any curtains up and your mother thought you might like to have some.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe door to the bathroom opened, the hall flooding with warm damp air and the smell of shampoo. Trent was wearing jeans and a t-shirt but his feet were bare. His hair was dripping, making dark circles on his shirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Trent, this is my Dad.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrent took three steps down the hall and held out his hand. His feet leaving wet smudges on the floor. Walt’s back was against the closet door, which was made of thin strips of wood held together with a rubbery plastic. The door creaked against the weight of his body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I’m Trent.” Trent extended his hand. He was taller and broader than Walt’s father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, the apartment filled with a high-pitched bleating. At first it sounded like a bird but the louder it got the more mechanical it sounded. For a moment the three men stood staring at each other, paralyzed by the sound. Trent had dropped Walt’s father’s hand but they were still standing close enough to be touching. Walt held the curtains protectively against his chest. Trent’s dog barked on the back deck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It’s the fire alarm,” Trent said. “There’s something burning. Do you smell something burning?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It’s toast. I was making toast under the broiler,” Walt replied before darting out of the room.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Barrelling Forward is a brilliantly crafted debut collection set against the backdrop of the crashing oil economy in contemporary Newfoundland.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2017-03-18","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"Barrelling Forward is a brilliantly crafted debut collection set against the backdrop of the crashing oil economy in contemporary Newfoundland.","Subtitle":"Stories","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
Barrelling Forward
Barrelling Forward is a brilliantly crafted debut collection set against the backdrop of the crashing oil economy in contemporary Newfoundland.
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Channel of Peace
Channel of Peace is an unforgettable memoir of the extraordinary kindness afforded to passengers whose flights were re-routed to Gander, NL on 9/11.
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When she confesses ‘it felt \/ like we could say and finally mean \/ something,’ I’m enlivened, senses heightened, as if my name is being called by someone who never calls me by my name.” — Sheryda Warrener, author of \u003cem\u003eFloating Is Everything\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR KAYLA CZAGA AND \u003cem\u003eFOR YOUR SAFETY PLEASE HOLD ON\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e Winner, Gerald Lampert Memorial Award\u003cbr\/\u003e Finalist, Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry\u003cbr\/\u003e Finalist, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize\u003cbr\/\u003e Finalist, Debut-litzer Prize\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e “Funny, smart, sophisticated, guileless: reading Czaga is like drinking a glass of water in a desert. 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Dunk Tank
Dunk Tank is a rich, imaginative, and sometimes absurdist exploration of the landscape of the body and of adult life.
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Dunk Tank special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Kayla Czaga's poetry collection Dunk Tank is limited to 50 copies.
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Every Man a Menace
A gritty and propulsive novel about an Ecstasy-smuggling ring, where power is won through deceit, and lives are at stake.
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Holding Still For As Long As Possible
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Junebat
Junebat is a form- and gender-disrupting debut collection that grapples with the pain of uncertainty on the path towards becoming.
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This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of John Elizabeth Stintzi's poetry collection Junebat is limited to 40 copies.
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Toronto playwright Jordan Tannahill’s lushly intelligent debut novel, Liminal, is an exciting addition to this school … Liminal captures something illuminating and undefinable about the present moment … A real jaw-dropping intellectual feat … A rich and unusual story.” — \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“\u003cem\u003eLiminal\u003c\/em\u003e moves at a breakneck pace, combining science, philosophy, spirituality, and pop culture … Readers may never think about living or dying the same way again.” — \u003cem\u003eThis Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Tannahill is a good writer, a natural storyteller with a strong sense of narrative rhythm as well as the ability to launch into almost mystical flights of poetic vision.” — \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“A raw love letter to a mother, and a blazing meditation on love, death, and dying, Jordan Tannahill’s \u003cem\u003eLiminal\u003c\/em\u003e is a full-fledged unleashing from a major literary talent.” — Anosh Irani, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Parcel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“This book has everything: a road trip, coming of age, philosophy, mythology, meditation on the nature of self, and the tender love of a son for his mother — all infused with uncommon emotional intelligence.” — Teva Harrison, author of \u003cem\u003eIn-Between Days\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR JORDAN TANNAHILL AND \u003cem\u003eTHE VIDEOFAG BOOK\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003eNominated, Toronto Book Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR JORDAN TANNAHILL:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“He’s a rare human type described by Marshall McLuhan: a zeitgeist savant who can read his era, internalize his moment’s changes in technology and ideological mood, and adapt in real time.” — Daniel Karasik, \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“The poster child of a new generation for whom ‘interdisciplinary’ is not a buzzword but a way of life.” — Kelly Nestruck, \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“The future of Canadian theatre.” — \u003cem\u003eNOW Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“The hottest name in Canadian theatre.” — \u003cem\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Jordan Tannahill is blowing up the Canadian stage … An \u003cem\u003eenfant terrible\u003c\/em\u003e.” — \u003cem\u003eWalrus Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“No question Tannahill is a Renaissance man who will be amazing audiences for years to come.” — \u003cem\u003eNOW Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eCONCORD FLORAL\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003eWinner, 2015 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play\u003cbr\/\u003e Winner, 2015 Carol Bolt Award\u003cbr\/\u003e Finalist, 2016 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“[A]rtfully structured, yet full of suspense, with dialogue that shifts smoothly between the poetic and observational.” — \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“More than its thematic and mystery elements, it’s the keen attunement of Tannahill’s ear to contemporary speech, the directness and emotional availability of the young people’s performances, the spare beauty of Brubacher and Spooner’s staging — and how all these work together — that linger richly, several days after seeing the show.” — \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Concord Floral will leave you not just pleasurably discomfited but wondering if your own youth was even more unsettled than you recall.” — \u003cem\u003eOttawa Citizen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR AGE OF MINORITY:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003eWinner, Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“[R]efreshing in its honesty. Tannahill outdoes himself in these pieces, and brings not only the characters to life but the issues each of them face. This collection of plays definitely falls into the category of ‘must-read.’” — \u003cem\u003eMorris House Reading Series Backstage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“A collection of plays worth exploring.” — \u003cem\u003eCM Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eTHEATRE OF THE UNIMPRESSED\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Theatre-maker and writer Jordan Tannahill is one of those magnetic humans … The youngest-ever winner of the Governor-General’s Award for Drama and an arts community leader with contacts nationally and abroad, Tannahill is well positioned to offer a survey of contemporary theatre trends … Tannahill’s prose is lively and he’s got a great nose for the telling anecdote … He’s a rare human type described by Marshall McLuhan: a zeitgeist savant who can read his era, internalize his moment’s changes in technology and ideological mood, and adapt in real time … It’s the complexity, specificity, and relevance of Tannahill’s case-by-case analyses that make \u003cem\u003eTheatre of the Unimpressed\u003c\/em\u003e essential reading for anybody interested in the state of contemporary theatre and performance.” — \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Lively and passionate jeremiad against mundanity in contemporary English-language theatre.” — \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am wary of revelations. I find anyone claiming to have them dubious. They’re usually charlatans, the ultra-religious, or insane (not that these three types are mutually exclusive; in fact they rarely are). And I find any description of these revelations some combination of sinister and comical, like John Smith receiving golden plates from the angel Moroni in a secret language only he can translate. Even the words “revelation” and “epiphany” are mired in Christian connotations. The first conjures images of John on the island of Patmos having visions of the Whore of Babylon and the Beast, while the second is the realization by the wise men that Christ is the Son of God, rendered throughout art history as the Adoration of the Magi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI suppose the synonym that feels the least corrupted by spiritual chicanery is “eureka,” and yet this word feels burdened by the mythos of masculine scientific discovery, from Archimedes fateful bath to Newton’s gravity-weighted apple (why do I always imagine it hitting his head?) Darwin said he could remember the exact moment during a carriage ride in which he was struck by his “hunch” about natural selection. Nikola Tesla, while recuperating from a recent breakdown brought on by his obsession to solve the mystery of alternating current, was on a walk with a friend in Budapest’s Varosliget Park when he was pierced by his moment of insight. Tesla was looking into the setting sun whilst reciting a passage from Goethe’s Faust (naturally) when a vision of a functioning alternating current electric induction motor appeared to him with such clarity that he grabbed a stick and drew a diagram of it then and there in the dirt. One can almost hear the angelic choral accompaniment. Perhaps because of these bearded white men and their long lineage of eurekas the word has acquired a certain sense of finitude: they each had a question and in an instant it was answered. As if, through years of research and inquiry, their minds were already filled with the necessary information and all that was required was that final synaptic connection to illuminate the network of association.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA word that seems part of this revelatory cohort is “vision,” which again has religious undertones, but also the unfortunate limitations of its sensory association. A vision suggests something that is seen, either literally with one’s eyes in a new way, or seen within the mind’s eye. As the ever-favoured child of the senses, we seem inclined to give seeing undo credit as the conduit of discovery. Though as Proust might agree, throughout my life I’ve probably had more ‘visions’ induced by smell than any other sense. For me, a new awareness is rarely an apparition to be seen or viewed; it does not appear to me like Tesla’s motor. It is something that is felt. An awareness that dawns and slowly spreads its light through my body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat I seek is a word that does not suggest a long-sought for answer but rather a deluge of questions. A word for kind of illumination that recalls a caver holding a torch up in an underground chamber and apprehending a few dashes of rock wall at a time, uncertain of how far the cavern extends into darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCounter-intuitively, I found something approaching this word in the Bible. The first word in the Book of Revelations — and from which it derives its name — is apokalypsis, which in its original Korine Greek means \"unveiling\" or “revelation.” I find the notion of ‘unveiling’ — of an encounter, smell, sight, sensation that unveils an infinite system of questions and discoveries (which in turn spur more questions) — to be the most vivid evocation of this I can find. I might be even inclined to use the original Greek apokalypsis, as it seems to contain the possibility of discovery in the moment of destruction. Much like the theatre; an art revealed in the moment of its disappearance. And like life itself, theatre can not be rewound or reread; it exists in the temporal present between being and un-being, in what Plato calls the “something inserted between motion and rest (. . .) in no time at all.” An art conjured in the instant of its erasure. And I like the almost preposterous gravity of the world apokalypsis; how it’s cataclysmic and eschatological associations seem to mimic the way in which one world seems to end and another begins in a moment of newfound awareness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in this instance, for what I’m about to articulate, “unveiling” is the apt word. It conjures for me the image of a man in white gloves pulling a cloth of a painting; the removal of a covering that concealed that which was there all along — something which has been rendered ever more extraordinary by the very fact of its concealment. Rather than by divine conjuring, “unveiling” suggests a moment of discovery arising from matter-of-fact and mortal circumstances. A new way of experiencing something already in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this way, the world is constantly unveiling itself; a stand of trees seen from a fresh angle, the laugher of a dog, a nameless colour, new patterns of movement, of light, of behaviour, patterns in fabric, in birds, in traffic, in music . . . In this way “revelation” is not something a bearded white man once an epoch apprehends but rather a state of becoming that imbues all things at all times. Of course to be in a state of perpetual unveiling is exhausting and disorienting; it’s essentially the way we moved through the world as babies, when everything was revealed and nothing was legible. Gradually, to make sense of the chaos, we fixed things in place, we fixed meaning, we fixed potential, we fixed objects and people and places as knowable and predictable entities and attempted to reduce the instances of unveiling because those upset the order by introducing new variables into the mix. Unveiling, by nature, un-fixes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is what happened at 11:04 a.m. on Saturday, January 21, 2017 when I walked into your bedroom and saw your body in bed. In a moment something — perhaps everything — became unveiled. And I became unfixed. It was a moment that lasted less than a second. The interval between a hand feeling water and the pain of it’s scalding heat; between sense and sensation.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Quote_from_review_0":"This book has everything: a road trip, coming of age, philosophy, mythology, meditation on the nature of self, and the tender love of a son for his mother — all infused with uncommon emotional intelligence.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_1":"Liminal is generous, bold, unabashedly emotional, and really smart — an ultra-engaging portrait of the artist, and portal to the art.","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"From award-winning playwright and filmmaker Jordan Tannahill comes a masterful novel in the tradition of Sheila Heti’s How Should a Person Be.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2018-01-23","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"From award-winning playwright and filmmaker Jordan Tannahill comes a masterful novel in the tradition of Sheila Heti’s How Should a Person Be.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
Liminal
From award-winning playwright and filmmaker Jordan Tannahill comes a masterful novel in the tradition of Sheila Heti’s How Should a Person Be.
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Miraculously, Maggie Thatcher survives. In small-town Scotland, eight-year-old Damian Barr watches in horror as his mum rips her wedding ring off and packs their bags. He knows he, too, must survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDamian, his sister, and his Catholic mum move in with her sinister new boyfriend while his Protestant dad shacks up with the glamorous Mary the Canary. Divided by sectarian suspicion, the community is held together by the sprawling Ravenscraig Steelworks. But darkness threatens as Maggie takes hold: she snatches school milk, smashes the unions, and makes greed good. Following Maggie's advice, Damian works hard and plans his escape. 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Maggie & Me
A unique, tender, and witty memoir of surviving the tough streets of small-town Scotland during the Thatcher years.
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This is some of the most important work of our time, and Joshua’s memoir is a beacon!” — Billy-Ray Belcourt, author of \u003cem\u003eThis Wound is a World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“\u003cem\u003eMe, Myself, They\u003c\/em\u003e shows how vulnerability can be strength, how trans and non-binary people’s ingenuity and creativity have carved out new paths for future generations, and how difference can — and should — be celebrated. We are all lucky that Joshua M. Ferguson has written this generous, accessible, and moving book.” — Alicia Elliott, author of \u003cem\u003eA Mind Spread Out on the Ground\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“It takes courage for gender-nonconforming people to name when the world has treated us with cruelty. 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Me, Myself, They
A personal work of memoir and critical analysis that pushes for an inclusive understanding of sex and gender.
