
Making light of tragedy
Auteurs canadiens (romans), Nouvelles, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
In these short stories, characters often express their grief or heartbreak in unusual ways. In "Plow Man," a man channels his pain over the loss of his wife into a strange fixation with snow plows. In "My Husband's Jump", the… wife of a famous ski jumper who inexplicably vanished in mid-air copes with her pain by finding God. Author Grant treats the disasters and mishaps that befall her characters not with ridicule but with a wry sense of humour and a considerable amount of sympathy. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2004.