Airstream

By Patricia Young

These fourteen stories by acclaimed poet Patricia Young explore the small victories and lurching disappointments, losses and betrayals of the everyday with a language and style that is tautly poetic and beautifully unsentimental. A woman who cannot leave her house loses almost everything, her only companion a garrulous radio talk show host; a house fire sets in motion the end of a marriage as a couple re-examine the meaning of truth and commitment; a teenage girl cannot extract herself from a doomed relationship with a heroin addict. Innocence, and the loss of it, are handled with humour and compassion, and heartbreaking honesty. Young reveals an uncanny ability to see the mysterious in the commonplace.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1897231016
• ISBN13: 9781897231012
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Biblioasis
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.7"