The Plainness of My Fall - Couverture souple

Macdonald, Janice Garden

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1511818409 ISBN 13 : 9781511818407

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Janice Garden Macdonald (1956-) was born in Toronto, Ontario Canada. She has worked as a bookstore manager, publisher's representative, a library consultant and owned a bookstore of her own, which specialized in children's books. She is the author of the middle-school comic stories "Diary of a Real Kid" and "Like Me on Farcebook" which are part of the "Stranger Than Weird" series for young readers. She is the author of "The Plainness of My Fall" a collection of award winning short stories and "The Oxygen Girl" a young adult novella in the "Steampunk Fiction" series. She is a Zoetrope All Story Winner, and a three-time Moondance Film Festival award winner; in the children's book category (Upik and the Parallel Universe) in the short story category (Walrus in a Glass Cage) and in the animated screenplay category (The Sock Opera). She was awarded a Canada Council grant for literature for her work in the short story genre. Janice lives with her husband and her dog, Rufus, in Ontario where they keep watch over a wetland conservation area. amazon.com/author/janicegardenmacdonald

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Canadian author, Janice Garden Macdonald offers you six tales that will keep you guessing until the end. WALRUS IN A GLASS CAGE—An Inuit girl conjures up a magical formula to rid herself of the evil stone statue that has taken up residence in her home. SNOW DAY—A woman realizes too late that the body upstairs in her bedroom is not who she thinks it is. THE PLAINNESS OF MY FALL—Life slips by in a second in this Zoetrope All Story Award winning tale, judged first place by Joyce Carol Oates. WHY WASTE GOOD BEER? –A death-pact with a loved one has a surprising end. THE BIRDHOUSE—When a senior citizen is unwillingly moved from her apartment, more than a few feathers are ruffled. THE METAMORPH—A young boy throws away a lucky medallion that he later suspects has special powers.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1511818409
• ISBN 13: 9781511818407
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 142