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The sleep of apples : stories / Ami Sands Brodoff.

Brodoff, Ami Sands, (author.).

Summary:

"In her masterful new collection, The Sleep of Apples, Ami Sands Brodoff writes with passion and consummate skill about nine closely linked characters who walk the tightrope of survival. Set in a gritty Montreal neighbourhood that's been slowly gentrifying over the last two decades, troubled teenagers and an experienced psychiatrist, a truck driver permanently scarred by a near-fatal accident and a recreation therapist struggle to build a community and make their lives-and their deaths-meaningful. Readers are witnesses as these indelible characters gain strength, insight and empathy through their struggles and suffering. They each bear the scars of trauma but possess the gift of resilience. Fierce, original and bracingly honest, these unforgettable stories speak to the author's Jewish heritage, her experience as a cancer survivor and as loving mother to a gay son and a transgender son. The stories dramatize that families are what we create, not necessarily those we are born into, illuminating how we all live imperfect lives: We love what we have and mourn what we've lost."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781771338813 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 178 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Inanna Publications and Education Inc., [2021]
Subject: Death > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Resilience (Personality trait) > Fiction.
Suffering > Fiction.
Montréal (Québec) > Fiction.
Genre: Linked stories.
Short stories.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 1 total copy.
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Cookstown Branch FIC Brodo 31681010327971 FICTIONPBK Available -


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