The stories in Permanent Tourists feature displaced characters loosely connected through a support group, all of them dealing with loss precipitated by an elusive father, husband or lover, by a wife’s death, a lost child, sibling rivalries. >>
Philosopher at the Skin Edge of Being
Philosopher at the Skin Edge of Being marches through the seasons as Jia-li, a mountain woman, and a girl philosopher inhabit their cosmos, sluicing philosophy of antiquity through twenty-first century existence. >>
Owners of The Pleasant Inn, Trevor and Margaret Rudley, have had their share of misfortunes. Now there’s a dead body making a nuisance of itself in the wine cellar, and it’s nobody the Rudleys know. >>
The thirteen stories in Prerequisites for Sleep describe the bartering between individuals and their consciences at the end of the day, the deals and concessions one makes to live with oneself and to, hopefully, get a good night’s sleep. >>
Fueled by our perpetual need to find meaning and purpose in our lives, Primal Sketches is a book that considers how our actions profoundly affect the lives of fellow humans as well as the natural world around us, and how our desire to connect, care, and empathize are constantly interrupted by feelings of insecurity and growing anxiety about our uncertain future.
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Language, concept, and form alternate holding the depths of the inner sea of this book. >>
In this book, the miracle of radio opens a boy's ears to the music of the world around him. In poems that range in setting from Canada to Africa and the Middle East, Cox tells of "other miracles" as wellâ??sailboats and spaceships, ice-skates and tropical jacaranda, hair-raising escapes from danger, and the eerie harmony of coincidence. Fans will be glad to see Cox's tributes to Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, and other jazz greats collected here. >>
Rain on a Distant Roof: A Personal Journey Through Lyme Disease in Canada
Vanessa Farnsworth explores the frightening but fascinating world of Lyme disease in Canada. The narrative follows Farnsworth's attempt to understand the disease that's destroying her body and mind, and why the Canadian medical community seems indifferent to her illness. >>
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