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Rona Altrows

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ISBN 10: 1894345983 ISBN 13: 9781894345989

Publisher: Thistledown Press, 2006

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Rona Altrows' short stories go to the core of what it is to be human - to cherish a departed mate beyond reason, to love a child to distraction, to keep the faith with a friend no matter what, to laugh in the face of self-doubt. This collection delivers a humorous yet poignant series of tales told from the perspectives of women.

"Rona Altrows delivers keenly-observed tales with a serious kick. She draws her characters and their travails in beautifully controlled, precise strokes that render them arresting, haunting and immediate. This is fiction at its best, revealing fresh insights into a world we think we know. This is the real deal."

- Ian Samuels

"Rona Altrows writes about women with uncommon grace and honesty. In the tradition of Grace Paley, Altrows' stories capture deep philosophical issues within everyday physical details and events, often with a wry astuteness that made me want to laugh and cry and sit down with these people for a talk. No matter what her circumstance in life, each character in these stories shines with the dignity and beauty that come with compassionate observation. In a style that is at once spare and elegant, oral and physically palpable, Altrows pens stories that resonate far beyond the page."

- Roberta Rees

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About the Author

Rona Altrows’ fiction has been published in many Canadian literary magazines and journals including The Malahat Review, Prairie Fire, Zygote, and Other Voices. She is the recent winner of the Brenda Strathern Prize (The Calgary Foundation), and has received a Western Magazine Award nomination from The Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature, and a Journey Prize nomination from Prairie Fire (“Amanda’s Weekend”). She lives in Calgary, Alberta.

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Publisher

Thistledown Press

Publication date

2006

Language

English

ISBN 10

1894345983

ISBN 13

9781894345989

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