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Wallflowers : stories / Eliza Robertson.
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. |
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| Genre: | Short stories. Short stories, Canadian. Canadian fiction. |
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- 4 of 4 copies available at Sitka.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Rossland Public Library | FIC ROB (Text) | 35162000085719 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Hudson's Hope Public Library | FIC FIC ROB (Text) | BHH038950 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Salt Spring Island Public Library | FIC ROB (Text) | 33123009374761 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Gilbert Plains | F RoB (Text) | 36781001080610 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Penguin Putnam
Shortlisted for the 2016 Canadian Authors Association Emerging Writer Award
From windswept Pacific beaches to the inner reaches of the human heart, Wallflower 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. âWish you were hereâ letters on a road trip parallel a womanâs painful trip into her familyâs dysfunctional past; reminiscences of a beloved sibling are inextricably bound up with calamity … and roommate problems lead to a surprising (and skin-crawling) revelation. Robertson smashes stereotypes even as she shows us remarkable new ways of experiencing the worldâand of relating to our fellow human beings.Quirky and masterful, Wallflowers is a bouquet of unconventional delights from a powerful new voice.
- Random House, Inc.
Shortlisted for the 2016 Canadian Authors Association Emerging Writer Award
From windswept Pacific beaches to the inner reaches of the human heart, Wallflower 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. “Wish you were here” letters on a road trip parallel a woman’s painful trip into her family’s dysfunctional past; reminiscences of a beloved sibling are inextricably bound up with calamity … and roommate problems lead to a surprising (and skin-crawling) revelation. Robertson smashes stereotypes even as she shows us remarkable new ways of experiencing the world—and of relating to our fellow human beings.Quirky and masterful, Wallflowers is a bouquet of unconventional delights from a powerful new voice.
