The Divorced Kids Club and Other Stories

by W.D. Valgardson

A new collection of stories features a motley band of kids who prevail against the odds and draw on their considerable inner resources to survive and adapt in a confusing world. By the author of Garbage Creek and Other Stories.

144 pages, Hardcover

First published September 30, 1999

About the author

William Dempsey Valgardson (born 7 May 1939) is a Canadian novelist, short story writer, and poet. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Gimli, Manitoba, he completed his BA at United College, BEd at the University of Manitoba, and his MFA at the University of Iowa. He was a long-time professor of writing at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

His writing often focuses on cultural differences and involve irony and symbolism. His short stories involve normal people in normal situations, yet under certain circumstances, lead unusual and surprising lives.

Valgardson has won numerous awards and accolades, including the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for The Girl With the Botticelli Face (1992) and the Books in Canada First Novel Award for Gentle Sinners (1980). His short story, "Bloodflowers", was included in Best American Short Stories 1971.

Reviews

[ice cream · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book so far is about highschoolers on a break finding jobs so far.A girl on here has a job on the beach and is selling popcicles , drinks ,and chips and is jelouse of a boy that the people think is awsome.
another thing i know about this book is that a lady has to live in a cabin because of her husbands job has been transferd to somewhere else and she hates living there but pertends to be happy.