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Drifts
Thom Vernon
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Description for Drifts
Paperback. Four stories violently mapping in the winter snow the ways that memory, gender, and history carve themselves upon our bodies. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 371.
Night is falling, and so is the snow. As the blizzard buries the ground, it uncovers the resentments, hopes, and aches of a small town in northeastern Arkansas, where, like in any Southern small town, there are unwanted pregnancies to agonize over, surgeries to be paid for and love to be made. Julie's two daughters have just run off to Hollywood to be famous when she suddenly finds herself, at forty-six, unexpectedly expectant. She's not sure she can bear to be a mother again. And her husband, Charlie, won't come home to talk it over with her. Charlie ... Read more
Night is falling, and so is the snow. As the blizzard buries the ground, it uncovers the resentments, hopes, and aches of a small town in northeastern Arkansas, where, like in any Southern small town, there are unwanted pregnancies to agonize over, surgeries to be paid for and love to be made. Julie's two daughters have just run off to Hollywood to be famous when she suddenly finds herself, at forty-six, unexpectedly expectant. She's not sure she can bear to be a mother again. And her husband, Charlie, won't come home to talk it over with her. Charlie ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781552452288
SKU
V9781552452288
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Thom Vernon
Thom Vernon has worked in film, television and theatre since 1989, including appearances on Seinfeld, General Hospital and The Fugitive. He has been the Actors' Gang Youth Education Program director, and has worked extensively with at-risk people, including as an arts educator at the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People. His screenplays and fiction have placed in various competitions, including ... Read more
Reviews for Drifts
'The Drifts is anything but adrift. It's poignant, forceful, compelling, suspenseful and wry. Vernon is a gifted storyteller with an aptitude for psychological realism. This fine book is a distinct contribution to CanLit and a great contemporary twist on the Southern Gothic tradition.' Globe and Mail 'An ambitious novel of drama and suspense mixed with gender and identity ... This ... Read more