Seeking Shade - by Frances Boyle (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>In <i>Seeking Shade</i>, ordinary situations are imbued with extraordinary emotion as women and men explore identity and independence, navigate complicated relationships and confront the fallibility of mind and body.</p><p>A reckless young woman dances through the Second World War-and through the lives of many a man in uniform. A graduate student considers a popular film and revisits a past tragedy as she watches flames devour her apartment building. A hardworking man struggles to come to grips with his own helplessness at three stages of enforced quietude. A wife and mother questions her health-and her sanity-when she is plagued by phantom pains and visions of ghostly twins.</p><p>Through these and other stories, Frances Boyle leaves readers with a retinal impression, `a shadow left by a flash', reminding us that the ways we communicate-through art, through literature, through dance, through performances theatrical and otherwise-shape our lives and the stories that we tell.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In Frances Boyle's short story collection <i>Seeking Shade</i>, nuanced characters endure trauma, evolution and epiphany as they face challenges, make decisions, and suffer the inevitable consequences.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>`Boyle's approach is keenly intelligent. The writing is sophisticated, the language often crystalline and always precise. The characters are sympathetic without hijacking the narrative; one has the impression that well-conceived ideas underpin these stories. I felt, after finishing the volume, that many of the stories found here deserved a second reading.</p> <p>A final note: both the cover design and overall production of this book are exceptional. It was a great pleasure to handle it and to turn its pages. Simply put, <i>Seeking Shade</i> is a very fine collection.' </p> - Valerie Mills-Milde - The Miramichi Reader<br><br><p>`In <i>Seeking Shade</i>, Frances Boyle writes movingly and elegantly about the many ways things can go wrong in people's lives. These are engaging and dramatically persuasive stories of marriages breaking down and relationships gone stale, of people evolving and growing apart, harbouring secrets, engaging in casual betrayals, and facing impossible decisions. <i>Seeking Shade</i> is an unsentimental yet humane collection of short fiction, written with consummate skill and restraint.'</p> - Danuta Gleed Literary Award jury citation<br>
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