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Emma's Hands

September 23, 2003 | Trade paperback
ISBN: 9780889842687
$16.95
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Description

`It's not often Alice Munro offers a quote to promote an emerging writer, but after delving into the pages of Emma's Hands, Mary Swan's stellar first collection of short stories, it's easy to see why Munro wants people to stand up and notice. Swan is a first-class writer. Small children, dead relatives, and memories populate her stories, as Swan pays tribute to all the senses contained in remembering. ... Swan's gift lies in her ability to produce succinct, poetic lines that immediately transport the reader to a memory so vibrant it feels like home. Her deft handling of emotions is as welcome as loving arms, reminding the reader that comfort is as vital to life as air. Her brilliant opening lines linger in the mind -- hopeful and portentous -- ushering the reader forward in anticipation.'

About this Author

A graduate of York University and the University of Guelph, Mary Swan has been published in numerous magazines and journals, includingThe Malahat Reviewin Canada, andHarper'sin the United States. Her stories have also been published in several anthologies includingEmergent Voices(Goose Lane 1990),Coming Attractions(Oberon 1999),Best Canadian Stories 92(Oberon 1992) andThe O. Henry Awards Prize Stories(2001).The Deep and Other Stories

ISBN: 9780889842687
Format: Trade paperback
Pages: 160
Publisher: Porcupine's Quill
Published: 2003-09-23

Reviews

`Although Swan shows a rare talent for filling in the deep shadows of memory and the past, these stories are neither sad nor funereal, but exciting. They're like listening, for the very first time, to the story of a friend's life, when everything seens fresh.'

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