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The Crooked Thing - by Mary MacDonald (Paperback)

The Crooked Thing - by  Mary MacDonald (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The English poet, William Blake said, "joy and woe are woven fine." So it is in The Crooked Thing. In tales delicate and steely, a troubled young ferryman finds himself with an unexpected passenger, a songbird finds its voice, a mother learns to let go of her son and, after a chance encounter, an aging ballerina dances again. In her debut story collection, Mary MacDonald brings each narrator to face their own existence, taking the reader into darkness, passing through fear and resistance, to seek redemption and freedom. At their core these are love stories; they move us, disturb us, and upend our beliefs, to show us characters not all that different from ourselves.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Mary MacDonald</b> is a poet and writer and holds a PhD from the University of British Columbia. She has written poetry for ballet, public art, and libretto. Her fiction has appeared in<i> Room</i> magazine and nonfiction in <i>Pique </i>newsmagazine. Her chapbook, <i>Going in Now</i>, was published in 2014 by NIB Publishing. She is a member of the Whistler, BC writing group, The Vicious Circle, sits on the board of the Whistler Writers Festival, and serves as curator and moderator for the poetry division of the festival.

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