From Christy Ann Conlin, the critically acclaimed and award winning
author of Heave, comes a breathtaking and unforgettable collection
about how the briefest moment can shape us forever.
In these evocative and startling stories, we meet people navigating the
elemental forces of love, life, and death. An insomniac on Halifax's
moonlit streets. A runaway bride. A young woman accused of a brutal
murder. A man who must live in exile if he is to live at all. A woman
coming to terms with her eccentric childhood in a cult on the Bay of
Fundy shore.
A master of North Atlantic Gothic, Christy Ann Conlin expertly navigates
our conflicting self-perceptions, especially in moments of crisis. She
illuminates the personality of land and ocean, charts the pull of the
past on the present, and reveals the wildness inside each of us. These
stories offer a gallery of both gritty and lyrical portraits, each
unmasking the myth and mystery of the everyday.