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.

Genres: Short Stories, Canada

192 pages, Paperback

First published May 31, 2006

Reviews

[Nadine Lucas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful compilation of compulsively readable short stories. I could not put this down. Exquisite.