Description
Birrell and Coach House are working to organize an American blog tour for Mad Hope. Targeting review outlets like Brainchild Magazine and 'mommy blogs'. Participation in galley box program.
About the Author
Heather Birrell: Heather Birrell is the author of the story collection I know you are but what am I?. Her work has been honored with the Journey Prize for short fiction and the Edna Staebler Award for creative non-fiction, and has been shortlisted for a National Magazine Award. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Toronto, where she teaches high school English.
Reviews
'This is a beautiful book: funny, whip-smart, compassionate, and gorgeously written. Heather Birrell belongs in the short story pantheon with Alice Munro, Lisa Moore, and Zsuzsi Gartner.' -- Annabel Lyon 'A collection of 11 stories that beautifully illustrate the fragility of existence ... They transport the reader to emotionally corrosive places, yet are alive with a sense of levity even within their darkest passages.' -- National Post 'This collection requires quiet concentration as each tale resonates like a tiny, perfect novella. Mad Hope is hopeful yet realistic, wordy yet sublime. It contains everything a demanding reader wants from her short fiction -- wickedly accurate, open-ended portraits drawn from life.' -- Winnipeg Free Press 'These people are so wonderfully accurate, so blatantly human ... Birrell peels back the layers of civility to expose the dark and messy bits we all hide, but she does so with such finesse that we are simultaneously captivated and repulsed by the intimacy of it all.' -- Quill & Quire 'Birrell has the telltale eye for detail that marks a great storyteller.' -- Georgia Straight
Book Information
ISBN 9781552452585
Author Heather Birrell
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint Coach House Books
Publisher Coach House Books
Weight(grams) 368g
Dimensions(mm) 209mm * 133mm * 20mm