Residual desire / J. Jill Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Jacqueline Jill, 1955-

Language:

English

Genre:

Short stories.

Physical Description:

181 pages : portrait ; 21 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

Regina : Coteau Books ; Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside [distributor], 2004.

Summary:

With a voice as fresh as it is insightful, J. Jill Robinson has crafted a startling and enthralling book, comprised of twelve wonderful stories, each with its own particular sadness and power. In "Nobody's Fool," a single mother attempting to come to terms with her new life is plagued by her old one. In "You are Not Yourself Right Now," a woman's visit to her elderly father is starting to feel like the last one. In "Indelible Marks," a chance sighting of an old friend plunges a lonely woman into a painful journey through the past. "Her Heart's Content" chronicles the separate yet intertwined grief of a couple whose young child has died accidentally at a relative's home. In "Quicksand," four sisters -- each with issues of their own -- travel together to clean out the house of a beloved aunt too sick to remain on her own. And in the beautiful title story, a confused and tormented woman finds that neither her ex-husband nor her current one are who she thought they were.

Contents:

You Are Not Yourself Right Now 1

Deja Vu 17

Walking On Air 29

Nobody's Fool 45

Indelible Marks 65

Her Heart's Content 81

Quicksand 97

The Dog Next Door 111

Pier 121

The Almost Dead 129

Midnight At The Oasis 137

When It Rained 163.

ISBN:

1550502654 :

OCLC:

52837323