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Wallflowers : stories / Eliza Robertson.

Summary:

A bouquet of unconventional delights from a Commonwealth Prize-winning author. From windswept Pacific beaches to the inner reaches of the human heart, Wallflowers is a shimmering and often surprising journey of discovery, with many unexpected turns along the way. Robertson has created a cast of unique and wholly engaging characters. Here there are swindlers and innocents, unlikely heroes and gritty survivors; they teach us how to trap humming birds, relinquish dreams gracefully, and feed raccoons without getting bitten.

Record details

ISBN: 9780143191407 (trade pbk.)
Physical Description: 295 p. ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Canada, c2014.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Who will water the wallflowers? -- Ship's log -- My sister sang -- Worried woman's guide -- Nightwalk -- Where have you fallen, have you fallen? -- Roadnotes -- L'Étranger -- Electric Lady Rag -- We are as mayflies -- Missing tiger, camels found alive -- Sea life -- Thoughts, hints, and anecdotes concerning points of taste and the art of making one's self agreeable: a handbook for ladies -- Good for the bones -- Here be dragons -- Slimebank taxonomy -- We walked on water.