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{"id":6582765781051,"title":"Things Are Good Now","handle":"things-are-good-now","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet in East Africa, the Middle East, Canada, and the U.S.,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003ci\u003eThings Are Good Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e examines the weight of the migrant experience on the human psyche. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Djamila Ibrahim’s powerful story collection, women, men, and children who’ve crossed continents in search of a better life find themselves struggling with the chaos of displacement and the religious and cultural clashes they face in their new homes. A maid who travelled to the Middle East lured by the prospect of a well-paying job is trapped in the Syrian war. A female ex-freedom fighter immigrates to Canada only to be relegated to cleaning public washrooms and hospital sheets. 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{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487001803","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781487006020","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781770890091","AlsoRecommendedISBN_5":"9781487006020","AlsoRecommendedISBN_6":"9781770890091","BASICMainSubject":"FIC019000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"FICTION \/ Literary","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"FICTION \/ Literary","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"FICTION \/ Women","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"FICTION \/ Short Stories","BISACSubject_0":"FIC019000","BISACSubject_1":"FIC044000","BISACSubject_2":"FIC029000","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Ibrahim, Djamila (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet in East Africa, the Middle East, Canada, and the U.S.,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003ci\u003eThings Are Good Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e examines the weight of the migrant experience on the human psyche. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Djamila Ibrahim’s powerful story collection, women, men, and children who’ve crossed continents in search of a better life find themselves struggling with the chaos of displacement and the religious and cultural clashes they face in their new homes. 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This is a book that is as important as it is engaging.” — Zoe Whittall, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Best Kind of People\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Ibrahim writes with intensity and empathy, drawing believably complex characters who are understandably torn between bleak alternatives. \u003cem\u003eThings Are Good Now\u003c\/em\u003e feels fresh and raw and real. Amid the disheartening racism and sexism are the pull of patriotism, the solidity of traditionalism, and ultimately, mercifully, the power of even small glimpses of optimism.” — \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThings Are Good Now\u003c\/em\u003e should be included on every to-be-read list. Each story is powerful and important, and each voice, while fictional, is a perfect representation of hard truths. These voices should be heard.” — \u003cem\u003eThis\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Abounds with literary promise … A worthwhile read for its intimate investigations of global unrest.” — \u003cem\u003eLiterary Review of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003eFrom “Heading Somewhere”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolding the corner post for balance, Sara climbs onto the patio chair. She wraps the bedsheet she’s tied to the ledge like a rope around her arm and slowly climbs over her employers’ second floor balcony and down to the quiet street below. A metre or so before her feet touch the ground, she loses her grip and falls on the asphalt. She gets up quickly, adjusts the duffle bag on her back and looks up towards the house. The lights have not been turned on. She takes a deep breath and searches the dark street for the ride Ahmed, her employers’ gatekeeper had arranged for her. She spots an old van a few metres away. Its rear lights flash twice as agreed upon. She walks towards it as fast as she can without running.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Get in the back,” the driver says from the half-open window before Sara has a chance to make eye contact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cover yourself with that blanket and keep your head down,” he orders with a rushed voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePanic takes over as she slides the van door shut. What if this is a trap? She trusts Ahmed. He didn’t let her out of the compound alone for fear of losing his job but he was nice to her. And he has delivered on the promise of finding her someone who, for a fee, would help her. But this man on the other hand could be taking her to the police station instead of the outskirts of Damascus where she’s supposed to meet someone who will take her to Beirut. She shakes the distressing thought away. There is nothing she can do now but hope for the best.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Things Are Good Now explores the scars of violence and the weight of love and guilt on the soul.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2018-02-11","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"Things Are Good Now explores the scars of violence and the weight of love and guilt on the soul.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
Things Are Good Now
Things Are Good Now explores the scars of violence and the weight of love and guilt on the soul.
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{"id":6582765912123,"title":"Thirteen Shells","handle":"thirteen-shells","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpanning the late 1970s to the late 1980s, Nadia Bozak’s thirteen stories are narrated from the perspective of Shell, the only child of bohemian artisans determined to live off their handicrafts and uphold a left-wing lifestyle. At the age of five, Shell’s world is transformed when the family moves into a new house, where she grows up. Over time, she gradually trades her unconventional upbringing for junk food, rock music, and boys. All the while, Shell quietly watches her parents’ loveless marriage fall apart and learns to survive divorce, weight gain, heartache, and first love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA funny, sensitive portrayal of the innocence and uncertainty of childhood and adolescence, \u003cem\u003eThirteen Shells\u003c\/em\u003e is a true-to-life collection that is as unforgettable as it is poignant.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-05-13T13:16:09-04:00","created_at":"2021-05-13T13:16:09-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Short Stories","Astoria","By (author) Bozak Nadia","pub date: 2016-05-07"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39403474878523,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770899889","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Thirteen Shells - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770899889","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":39413978857531,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770899872","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Thirteen Shells - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":349,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770899872","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":39413979283515,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770899896","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Thirteen Shells - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770899896","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/3374\/9051\/products\/BNCImageAPI_1e61fb21-5e13-44d7-8623-c3f7a4415f10.jpg?v=1621923044"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/3374\/9051\/products\/BNCImageAPI_1e61fb21-5e13-44d7-8623-c3f7a4415f10.jpg?v=1621923044","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":20493517652027,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"width":1575,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/3374\/9051\/products\/BNCImageAPI_1e61fb21-5e13-44d7-8623-c3f7a4415f10.jpg?v=1621923044"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/3374\/9051\/products\/BNCImageAPI_1e61fb21-5e13-44d7-8623-c3f7a4415f10.jpg?v=1621923044","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eSpanning the late 1970s to the late 1980s, Nadia Bozak’s thirteen stories are narrated from the perspective of Shell, the only child of bohemian artisans determined to live off their handicrafts and uphold a left-wing lifestyle. At the age of five, Shell’s world is transformed when the family moves into a new house, where she grows up. Over time, she gradually trades her unconventional upbringing for junk food, rock music, and boys. All the while, Shell quietly watches her parents’ loveless marriage fall apart and learns to survive divorce, weight gain, heartache, and first love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA funny, sensitive portrayal of the innocence and uncertainty of childhood and adolescence, \u003cem\u003eThirteen Shells\u003c\/em\u003e is a true-to-life collection that is as unforgettable as it is poignant.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487001438","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487005344","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781770890022","BASICMainSubject":"FIC000000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"FICTION \/ General","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"FICTION \/ General","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"FICTION \/ Short Stories","BISACSubject_0":"FIC000000","BISACSubject_1":"FIC029000","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Bozak, Nadia (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003eSpanning the late 1970s to the late 1980s, Nadia Bozak’s thirteen stories are narrated from the perspective of Shell, the only child of bohemian artisans determined to live off their handicrafts and uphold a left-wing lifestyle. At the age of five, Shell’s world is transformed when the family moves into a new house, where she grows up. Over time, she gradually trades her unconventional upbringing for junk food, rock music, and boys. All the while, Shell quietly watches her parents’ loveless marriage fall apart and learns to survive divorce, weight gain, heartache, and first love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA funny, sensitive portrayal of the innocence and uncertainty of childhood and adolescence, \u003cem\u003eThirteen Shells\u003c\/em\u003e is a true-to-life collection that is as unforgettable as it is poignant.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781770899889","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781770899889\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Imprint":"Astoria","OtherText_Quote_from_review_0":"There is a certain beauty in literature that only can be expressed through the naive, unsure nature of a child growing up amidst the razor edges of dysfunctionality. In Thirteen Shells, Ottawa author Nadia Bozak takes this to a new level by dulling these edges with the unassailable love of a girl for her parents…Shell is no angel. She lies and steals, at least a little. Experiments with drugs. And has her petty jealousies. But by the midpoint in the novel, the readers find themselves rooting for Shell, hoping that her dreams will come true. And that is the novel's brilliance.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_1":"This wise, moving ode to an era turns the pain of growing up with divorce into a hopeful journey.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_2":"richly detailed...There's a grittiness and emotional dynamism in these... tales","OtherText_Quote_from_review_3":"Thirteen Shells is a true-to-life account of a totally captivating character, another unforgettable work of fiction from [Nadia Bozak]","OtherText_Quote_from_review_4":"A coming-of-age tale that resists the usual clichés to focus on the telling details that reveal the essence of a life. ","OtherText_Quote_from_review_5":"Unflinching and forgiving, sentimental and unsparing. Nadia Bozak writes straight to the heart of girlhood, where secrets are both awkward and empowering, as childhood’s magic gives way to the discomfort of adolescence and a young woman comes into her own. Thirteen Shells is a beautifully written book.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_6":"As a vivid picture of growing up in the ‘80’s, Thirteen Shells is a landmark.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_7":"Bozak’s newest book, [is] all repressed heartbreak and wry humour…It is difficult not to be entranced by Shell","OtherText_Quote_from_review_8":"Like Munro, Bozak is less interested in dramatic incident than in a careful examination of everyday events; like Linklater, she focuses closely on isolated moments in Shell’s life…Bozak has structured her work carefully, providing repeated images and symbols, as with musical themes, that serve as unifying devices across different stories, deepening the reading experience as the volume progresses.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_9":"Nadia Bozak gets to the heart - and the heartbreak - of girlhood with Thirteen Shells.","OtherText_Quot_10":"Finally, there exists a penetrating, nuanced account of Canadian girlhood.","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Told in the tradition of Alice Munro’s Lives of Girls and Women, Thirteen Shells is a novel-in-stories about a young girl coming of age in the 1980s.","ProductFormDescription":"epub","PublicationDate":"2016-05-07","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"Told in the tradition of Alice Munro’s Lives of Girls and Women, Thirteen Shells is a novel-in-stories about a young girl coming of age in the 1980s."}
Thirteen Shells
Told in the tradition of Alice Munro’s Lives of Girls and Women, Thirteen Shells is a novel-in-stories about a young girl coming of age in the 1980s.
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{"id":6592735772731,"title":"This Accident of Being Lost","handle":"this-accident-of-being-lost","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA knife-sharp new collection of stories and songs from award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson that rebirths a decolonized reality, one that circles in and out of time and resists dominant narratives or comfortable categorization.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Accident of Being Lost\u003c\/i\u003e is the knife-sharp new collection of stories and songs from award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. 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In This Accident of Being Lost, she carries the reader along with her urgent, direct address … It is the uneasiness and emotional uncertainty of her characters that makes the book strangely addictive. I was stunned by Simpson’s generosity in sharing these experiences and inviting us to be challenged and to be lost. I welcomed having my assumptions about urban Indigenous people upended, and this is accomplished with the nourishing humour, wisdom, and poetic, loose-limbed lines that have been sewn through the stories.” — \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“A testament to the power of connection, \u003cem\u003eThis Accident of Being Lost\u003c\/em\u003e is by turns poignant, funny, fiercely angry and deeply sad … remarkable.” — \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“[Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s] storytelling philosophy is full of humour, truth, beauty, and love – and is always political. 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This Accident of Being Lost
A knife-sharp collection of stories and songs from award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.
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Three Days
A new short story from 2012 Scotiabank-Giller Prize finalist Russell Wangersky.
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Travelling Light
A spectacular collection of stories about growing up and growing older, falling in and out of love, and finding ourselves and losing each other.
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Up Up Up
Up Up Up is Julie Booker’s radiant debut, a taut collection of 20 short, powerful stories brought to life with a unique voice.
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This is the best short story collection I've read in years.” — Annabel Lyon, author of \u003cem\u003eOxygen \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Mean\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“From the Gothic heart of the Annapolis Valley to the dreamlike shores of British Columbia, these stories sparkle with wickedness and dark beauty, reminding us again that Conlin is one of Canada’s most daring and original writers. The range and breadth of style and voice in this collection is astonishing, and her gift for the uncanny is as assured as her masterful writing. Whether it’s through the skewed vision of a heartbroken widower or the vivid delusions of an unrepentant killer, she presents a moving and uncompromising exploration of the deep undercurrents of the human psyche, and the tricks that our minds play — on ourselves and each other.” — Kerry Lee Powell, author of \u003cem\u003eWillem de Kooning’s Paintbrush\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If you have faith in Flannery O’Connor’s fiction, or if you watch Werner Herzog’s films with a sense of awe, then Christy Ann Conlin’s collection of stories is for you. Equal parts lovely and loathsome, terrifying and tender, this elemental book works with the rawest of raw materials. This is honest and revealing writing from an artist at the top of her craft.” — Alexander MacLeod, author of \u003cem\u003eLight Lifting\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rich with humanity and atmosphere.” — \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“These stories are deliciously discomfiting … Suspenseful excavations of family secrets, as smart as they are creepy.” — \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Riveting, disturbing tales … \u003cem\u003eWatermark\u003c\/em\u003e has enough to fascinate and scare throughout.” — \u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A stunning, highly novelistic collection of stories\u003cem\u003e … \u003c\/em\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWatermark\u003c\/em\u003e, Conlin, in keeping with her two previous novels, depicts richly complex characters intersecting with memory and place … Conlin’s language, concise and gorgeously vibrant, seduces readers into her detailed, empathetically imagined worlds … From its first lines, \u003cem\u003eWatermark\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection like no other, will seize your heart and refuse to let go.” — \u003cem\u003eHamilton Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There is purpose, precision, and an incredible haunting darkness, all of which are the reasons why \u003cem\u003eWatermark\u003c\/em\u003e is such a pleasure to read from cover to cover.” — \u003cem\u003ePickle Me This\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR CHRISTY ANN CONLIN AND\u003cem\u003e THE MEMENTO\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nothing short of dazzling … The dizzying speed of revelation produces, in its masterly way, the effect of what T. S. Eliot calls ‘genuine poetry.’” — \u003cem\u003eToronto Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Memento\u003c\/em\u003e is a classic spine-tingler, centering on a haunted house and children hovering between evil and innocence, power and vulnerability … Conlin’s novel lingers on relationships between children and servants, children and their (often absent) parents, and elderly relatives — all within the span of one sultry, sordid summer.” — \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Memento\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel of the uncanny, drawing together a coming-of-age story with elements of ghost stories, haunted houses, family curses, and folk tales. It’s a dizzying feat … a masterful accomplishment from a powerful writer.” — \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Expertly weaving gothic elements, maritime superstition, and the lingering effects of grief, \u003cem\u003eThe Memento\u003c\/em\u003e is an eerie return to form — ceaselessly tense until the last page.” — \u003cem\u003eThe Coast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Trust in Christy Ann Conlin. Follow the mythic thread she has expertly woven through this rich labyrinth of a novel and you will be transported. This is the work of a master storyteller operating at the height of her craft.” — Alexander MacLeod, author of \u003cem\u003eLight Lifting\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this exuberant novel, Christy Ann Conlin offers us a grab bag of gothic delights — a creaking groaning mansion, a precocious twelfth-century-born twelve-year-old, tea parties with the dead, and an unnerving number of fleeting darting “somethings” only glimpsed in the corner of your eye. Wildly imaginative.” — Caroline Adderson, author of \u003cem\u003eEllen in Pieces \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR CHRISTY ANN CONLIN AND\u003cem\u003e HEAVE\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinalist, Amazon.ca First Novel\u003cbr \/\u003eFinalist, Thomas H. Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award\u003cbr \/\u003eFinalist, Dartmouth Book Award\u003cbr \/\u003eA \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e Top 100 Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Simply a marvellous book … The writing is fine, smooth, and tight. This is an honest tale of family love and hate … \u003cem\u003eHeave\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful book. It’s hard to believe this author is just beginning. I can’t wait to see what she accomplishes next.” — \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One book I will not be passing on is Nova Scotian writer Christy Ann Conlin’s marvellous first novel \u003cem\u003eHeave. \u003c\/em\u003eThis book prompted a whelp of excitement from me.” — \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Conlin] has produced an extraordinary book … that won’t soon be forgotten.” — \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Conlin proves herself a keen observer of family life, adept at teasing out the loose ends and following them to uncover the lumps and knots in the fabric.” — \u003cem\u003eHamilton Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Highly visual and visceral prose … Right from the first line \u003cem\u003eHeave\u003c\/em\u003e is a crazy ride.” — \u003cem\u003eHalifax Daily News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003eWe moved to the North Mountain the summer I was four and my mother was pregnant with my little sister, Morgaine. My father made the house himself and we lived in a tent pitched in a meadow surrounded by forest while he built it. My mother told me this. I remember the tent was green and there was a path through the meadow to the house. I loved this path, which cut through the tall grasses. In the meadow, purple vetch threaded up through the grass stems and touched my mother’s round belly. The grasses grew so high they were taller than me, but I could look up and see how they touched my mother’s breasts. I drew pictures on her stomach with icing coloured with beet and carrot juice. Then she’d let me lick it off. The acreage was mostly forest, except for the clearing around a large, rickety barn. They put a sandbox in the clearing where I played with my pail and shovel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere was also a path through the woods. It was a twisting path my father had cut through the pines to the clifftop jutting out from the trees over the Bay of Fundy. He called the path “the labyrinth of life.” It snaked through the forest to the perilous brink of the cliff. The path was difficult and winding, with sharp turns where you had to slow down. My father said this was the main purpose of his pathway: everyone was forced to stop hurrying and consider their journey as it unfolded. People needed to be open to sudden turns and trust the way ahead. Being in the moment would take over and time would lose meaning. Before you knew it, you would arrive at your destination, and le voilà, enlightenment, or éclaircissement, as the French Acadians say, when you reached the bench of wisdom! Every age had an awakening, her father said, with those like him, who were called to be its prophets, ushering in the awakening. On a clear day you could stand at the edge of the cliff and see all the way down the bay toward Maine, which was four exhilarating hours away by boat as the crow flies or a long, boring two-day drive by car, as my father explained.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bench at the edge of the crumbling cliff my father had made from driftwood, which the elements had cast to a silvery white. He encouraged us to sit on the bench and look for water nymphs. He insisted people had been spotting them in the bay for generations. They swam in with the tide, he proclaimed, as though he were a marine biologist with a peculiar specialization.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"From Christy Ann Conlin comes a breathtaking and unforgettable collection about how the briefest moment can shape us forever.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2019-08-13","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"From Christy Ann Conlin comes a breathtaking and unforgettable collection about how the briefest moment can shape us forever.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
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Wang is committed to rendering his backdrops accurately; with perfectly presented details, he showcases the disharmony of the Chinese diaspora, as individuals endure salient moments in twentieth-century history and more recent times … \u003cem\u003eWe Two Alone\u003c\/em\u003e shows that Jack Wang is a master of the short story, a writer who has mapped his own space, neither Canadian nor American, nor anywhere else. Each episode in this collection is a moving tribute to its characters as well as an indictment of the ostracism that remains when racist taunts and human failures continue to bedevil the modern world.” — \u003cem\u003eLiterary Review of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“These moving stories are both global and intimate as they span the continents where the Chinese diaspora has settled. With ingenuity and impeccable craft, Jack Wang gives us an utterly remarkable collection that zeroes in on the emotional texture of utterly unique lives.” — Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“This impressive and vibrant collection of stories takes the reader by the hand, leading us across the world and back in time. But they’re all unified by the gentle sensitivity of Jack Wang’s prose and his ability to inhabit characters who long for freedom, connection, and fulfillment. Deeply humane and beautifully wrought, these stories stay in the heart and the mind.” — Alix Ohlin, author of the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalists \u003cem\u003eDual Citizens \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eInside\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“One of the best books I’ve read this year and one of my all-time favourite short-story collections.” — Sharon Bala, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Boat People\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Jack Wang’s dazzling first collection of stories, \u003cem\u003eWe Two Alone\u003c\/em\u003e, moves through decades and across continents with rare ease, telling not \u003cem\u003ethe\u003c\/em\u003e story but some of the many stories of the Chinese diaspora in the last century. These stories are so elegantly shaped, so satisfying as individual stories, that their collective power sneaks up on you. There is a quiet and building intensity to the storytelling here, a commitment to chronicling — with deep compassion and a refusal of easy answers — the dignity of human experience against the broader indignities of history. I was moved, heartbroken, and thrilled.” — Emily Fridlund, author of the Booker Prize finalist \u003cem\u003eHistory of Wolves\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Jack Wang’s \u003cem\u003eWe Two Alone\u003c\/em\u003e is not only a penetrating examination of the Chinese diaspora, it also brilliantly renders its subject in the most deeply resonant universal way, as the yearning for personal identity that drives us all in our shared humanity. This is a remarkable collection of stories, a remarkable work of art.” — Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003cem\u003eA Good Scent from a Strange Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant and ambitious vision of a hundred years of solitude: the Chinese diaspora navigated with courage, cleverness, and grace. Wang does this by following not a single family over generations but a dynamic cast of unforgettable characters as they scatter across the past century and across the globe, to Vancouver, Vienna, London, New York. For some, it’s a lonely journey; as Frank O’Connor said, in the best short stories we find ‘an intense awareness of human loneliness.’ But these characters cross continents and oceans to free themselves from history and from their own ‘tiny flames,’ seeking peace, work, adventure, fame, and, above all, love. This is a delicately wrought and deeply moving book from an exceptional new voice.” — Eleanor Henderson, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Twelve-Mile Straight\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTen Thousand Saints\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Rich and poignant … History lovers and literary buffs will sink joyfully into his moving collection … Wang manages to underscore the importance of cultural heritage while stressing humanity’s common ties … His ability to create vivid and believable settings, in beautiful and readable prose, will deeply move readers.” — \u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“In a debut short-story collection that spans a century and reads like a novel, Jack Wang offers international drama and retro Canadiana told through the eyes of people in the Chinese diaspora. From Kristallnacht in Vienna to apartheid in South Africa, Wang’s collection reminds us that history is never merely about the past.” — \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Jack Wang is a welcome new voice in Canadian letters … [\u003cem\u003eWe Two Alone\u003c\/em\u003e] is serious, engaging, well crafted, thought-provoking. Wang clearly has something to say, and this accomplished collection not only says it but also promises a great deal more to come.” — \u003cem\u003eOrmsby Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Jack Wang’s extraordinary debut book of stories, \u003cem\u003eWe Two Alone\u003c\/em\u003e, weaves a path across the world, following the Chinese diaspora over nearly a hundred years. It’s the kind of collection that comes along only once in a while, to be savoured by readers for its sharp, smart portraits of longing, connection, and identity.” — \u003cem\u003eOpen Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“In \u003cem\u003eWe Two Alone\u003c\/em\u003e, Jack Wang has written an instantly engaging and achingly poignant collection of stories about people struggling to preserve their way of life and seeking stability, connection, and meaning. Focusing on Chinese immigrant experiences, Wang’s stories range freely and easily across many decades and a dizzyingly assortment of geographies. All of Wang’s characters are vividly rendered, their struggles and agonies richly conceived and indelibly portrayed. The writing throughout is atmospheric, highly visual, and peppered with startling and persuasive detail. Long after finishing it, \u003cem\u003eWe Two Alone\u003c\/em\u003e lingers in the mind as a compassionate work by a profoundly talented writer who cares deeply about what it means to be human in turbulent times.” — Danuta Gleed Literary Award Jury Citation\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR JACK WANG\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Jack Wang’s ‘The Nature of Things’ pushes the limits of the short story by spanning generations and continents. The tale of two Chinese-Canadian lovers who travel to Shanghai and find themselves caught in the Second Sino-Japanese War is so epic in scope that it reads almost like a mini-novel. Wang employs rich imagery, lyrical language, and a wistful tone to evoke a tumultuous time and place in history.” — 2017 Journey Prize Anthology Judges Kevin Hardcastle, Grace O’Connell, and Ayelet Tsabari \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003eFrom “The Night of Broken Glass”\u003cbr \/\u003e A finalist for the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, whose jury included Booker Prize winner Marlon James\u003cbr \/\u003ePublished in \u003cem\u003eLet’s Tell This Story Properly: An Anthology of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eNominated by the \u003cem\u003eNew Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e for a 2016 National Magazine Award \u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e I met my mother for the first time when I was six. I say “mother” because that was what I was expected to call her, and did, though in fact she was my stepmother. My real mother died of tuberculosis when I was five. A year later my father came home with a new wife. He had been studying international law in Chicago despite already having a Ph.D. in political economics from the University of Munich. While he was gone I received a series of brightly coloured linen postcards of the World’s Fair: the Hall of Science, the Avenue of Flags, the iron lattice towers of the Sky Ride. The theme of the fair was A Century of Progress. That’s where my father met Grace.\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eIt was a windless, thick-aired summer day in Changsha when a motorcar saddled with steamer trucks pulled up in front of our house and a woman in a white blouse, wide-legged trousers, and large round sunglasses climbed out. She was beautiful, which made me sad for my mother and scornful of my father, and she looked too fair to be Chinese. As it turned out, she was half Chinese, born of a Chinese father and a German-American mother. That, along with her clothes and her beauty, made her unlike any woman I had ever seen. My father had secured a large two-storey house on the outskirts of town and staffed it with half a dozen servants, all in an effort to make his new wife comfortable, but as soon as they arrived he was stricken by all he had not foreseen. The house had no running water, and despite the need Grace refused to use the privy, which had no seat and emitted at that time of year an audible drone. After pleading with Grace in hushed tones, my father ordered Old Chao into town for a portable commode, a trip of at least three hours. For the rest of the afternoon my new mother paced the courtyard, smoking one Lucky after another, which made her seem feral and caged. \u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e[…] \u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eNeedless to say, Grace was unhappy in China. Though my father had no particular desire to leave, he began to eye the foreign service. When the Governor for whom he worked recommended the post of First Secretary in the Chinese legation in Austria, my father accepted for Grace’s sake. We arrived in Vienna in June of my tenth year, after a three-week voyage on the \u003cem\u003eConte Verde\u003c\/em\u003e through Saigon, Singapore, Madras, Bombay, Aden, and Port Said, and at first everything did seem better. The city was glorious with summer, and everywhere open air orchestras paid homage to the old masters, which made our lives seem set to music. Many nights my parents put on tails and gown and went to balls and receptions, living at last the life for which they were meant. \u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eBut it wasn’t long before Grace again felt stranded. She could no more distinguish der, die, and das than she could first and second tones. Then, in the spring, German troops goose-stepped through the Ringstrasse, just blocks away from our townhouse. The crowds that greeted them were lusty, adoring, as was I, my schoolboy fantasies of soldiers and guns come to life. My father did not raise his arm but he didn’t stop me from raising mine. That night, in a scene that would soon become commonplace, hoodlums took to the streets, smashing the windows of certain homes and shops. Thereafter, walking to and from school, I passed storefronts marked \u003cem\u003eJude\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNicht arisches Geschaeft\u003c\/em\u003e and blocked by baby-faced men in jackboots and flared helmets. As a visible foreigner and part of the diplomatic corps, my father felt undeterred and often went into these stores despite the piercing glares — and once, an arm held stiffly against his chest. For my mother, annexation was yet another rung of descent in a private tragedy. She chided my father for bringing her to a Nazi-occupied country. His answer: Better the Germans than the Japanese. \u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eAt the end of October, thousands of Polish-born Jews were rounded up and sent back to Poland. When a seventeen-year-old boy learned that his family was among those languishing at the border, unwanted by either side, he walked into the German Embassy in Paris and pumped five bullets into the viscera of a minor German diplomat. Two days later, Ernst vom Rath died of his wounds. The seething of the Germans, checked so long as their countryman clung to life, would now be unleashed. This was what my father knew when he came home that afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Quote_from_review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“Rich and poignant … History lovers and literary buffs will sink joyfully into his moving collection … Wang manages to underscore the importance of cultural heritage while stressing humanity’s common ties … His ability to create vivid and believable settings, in beautiful and readable prose, will deeply move readers.” — \u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","OtherText_Quote_from_review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“In \u003cem\u003eWe Two Alone\u003c\/em\u003e, Jack Wang has written an instantly engaging and achingly poignant collection of stories about people struggling to preserve their way of life and seeking stability, connection, and meaning. Focusing on Chinese immigrant experiences, Wang’s stories range freely and easily across many decades and a dizzyingly assortment of geographies. All of Wang’s characters are vividly rendered, their struggles and agonies richly conceived and indelibly portrayed. The writing throughout is atmospheric, highly visual, and peppered with startling and persuasive detail. Long after finishing it, \u003cem\u003eWe Two Alone\u003c\/em\u003e lingers in the mind as a compassionate work by a profoundly talented writer who cares deeply about what it means to be human in turbulent times.” — Danuta Gleed Literary Award Jury Citation\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","OtherText_Quote_from_review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“These moving stories are both global and intimate as they span the continents where the Chinese diaspora has settled. 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Deeply humane and beautifully wrought, these stories stay in the heart and the mind.” — Alix Ohlin, author of the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalists \u003cem\u003eDual Citizens \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eInside\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","OtherText_Quote_from_review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“Jack Wang is a welcome new voice in Canadian letters … [\u003cem\u003eWe Two Alone\u003c\/em\u003e] is serious, engaging, well crafted, thought-provoking. Wang clearly has something to say, and this accomplished collection not only says it but also promises a great deal more to come.” — \u003cem\u003eOrmsby Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A masterful debut collection of stories that dramatizes the Chinese diaspora across the globe over the past hundred years.","PrizeCode_0":"Winner","PrizeName_0":"01","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2020-09-01","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"A masterful debut collection of stories that dramatizes the Chinese diaspora across the globe over the past hundred years.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
We Two Alone
A masterful debut collection of stories that dramatizes the Chinese diaspora across the globe over the past hundred years.
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Her characters are as complex and real as your own dearest loved ones. \u003cem\u003eDual Citizens\u003c\/em\u003e is a compulsively readable novel about family, sisterhood, and those uncontrollable forces that drive and haunt us.” — Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize Jury Citation\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Chronicling the wayward trajectories of two very different but equally fascinating Montreal-bred sisters from childhood into midlife, Alix Ohlin’s novel, true to its title, quietly refutes monolithic tenets that regard identity as something fixed and singular. 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We Want What We Want
Thirteen glittering and darkly funny stories of people testing boundaries, from two-time Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Alix Ohlin.
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What Becomes
Twelve remarkable stories show us what becomes of the broken hearted.
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When He Was Free and Young and He Used to Wear Silks
The first collection of short fiction from bestselling author Austin Clarke is a provocative exploration of the Black immigrant experience in Canada.
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With tenderness, humour, sharp intelligence, and a vibrant grasp of family and community, Ludwig peels back the tensions of the Jewish experience. The Levine family and Ludwig’s incandescent writing will stay with readers for a very long time.” — Jennifer Manuel, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Heaviness of Things That Float\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“A gorgeous, highly visceral, deeply felt collection of linked stories about how families work — and don’t work — together. The Levine family is unforgettable.” — Jami Attenberg, author of \u003cem\u003eAll This Could Be Yours\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR SIDURA LUDWIG AND \u003cem\u003eHOLDING MY BREATH\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFinalist, Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eHolding My Breath \u003c\/em\u003eis calm and absorbing, its themes handled with delicacy. 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She has a talent for dialogue and manages to communicate the feeling garnered by those uncomfortable moments we’ve all experienced when something awkward is said and people flounder to find a response.” — \u003cem\u003eJewish Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“A polished work from a new voice in Canadian literature.” — \u003cem\u003eHalifax Chronicle Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“The women shine as complex characters, furious and forgiving, resistant and resigned. Ludwig is particularly good at evoking atmosphere, the heaviness of summer in Winnipeg, the smell of holiday cooking, the oppressive measurements of meddlesome community.” — \u003cem\u003eBooks in Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Ludwig’s honest, clear writing and patient, compassionate observations render the characters and their insular world entirely believable.” — \u003cem\u003eLiterary Review of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eHolding My Breath\u003c\/em\u003e is a skillful exploration of one Jewish family in the North End of Winnipeg during the aftermath of the Second World War … Ludwig deftly weaves historical markers and references to Winnipeg into the story, allowing the reader to focus on the characters, their ambitions, triumphs, and tragedies. \u003cem\u003eHolding My Breath\u003c\/em\u003e is a polished and satisfying novel.” — Jury Citation for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Quietly compelling … Ludwig explores the universal conflict between individual needs and family ties with sympathy and compassion.” — Clare Morrall, author of \u003cem\u003eAstonishing Splashes of Colour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Beth, our delightful narrator, stakes her own claim early on, and the reader is instantly smitten. \u003cem\u003eHolding My Breath \u003c\/em\u003eis a sweet, sad, and compulsively readable tale that manages, along with its lovely, unbreakable characters, to soar.” — Jennifer Gilmore, author of \u003cem\u003eGolden Country\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“This is a portrait of an era, a city, a family, a story lovingly told by a girl born into Winnipeg’s postwar Jewish community … Here are three sisters … seen through the eyes of a daughter torn between familial devotion and restless, brilliant ambition. 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You Are Not What We Expected
This collection is a portrait of a Jewish community and the secular and religious families who inhabit it and the tensions that exist there.
