The penance drummer / stories by Lois Braun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braun, Lois, 1949-

Language:

English

Genre:

Short stories.

Physical Description:

246 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Penance drummer and other stories

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg : Turnstone Press, 2007.

Summary:

Governor General's Award nominee Lois Braun returns with a revealing and elegant new collection of short stories, The Penance Drummer. With her remarkable eye for detail, Braun keenly observes the subtle dynamics and complexities of family relationships. In "Assassins, "a teenage girl copes with her three quarrelsome aunts and confronts the serious illness of her uncle as she learns that the world around her is always changing. In "Goldie," a listless young married woman fixates on the woman next door, and her property, to spark her own life. In "The Half-Town Folly," an artless big city man accompanies his ne'er-do-well brother and a shifty ex-con companion as they attempt "the perfect crime" when what he really dreams about is his own camper and a cross-country escape. The title story reveals how a long-married couple achieve an epiphany, and a renewal, at a bus stop in Victoria. With The Penance Drummer, Lois Braun begins in rural Manitoba and opens up a whole world.

Contents:

Bill's Girls 3

The Penance Drummer 17

The Half-Town Folly 37

Goldie 57

Assassins 89

Broken Angels 121

Sturgis 143

A Private Paradise 165

Laundry Day 185

Rape Flower Tea House 215.

ISBN:

0888013272

9780888013279

OCLC:

86226033