Dressing for Hope
$36.89
- Paperback
148 pages
- Release Date
1 October 1995
Summary
Lorna Jackson’s characters earn every scrap of comfort they get, sexual and otherwise. In the title story of Dressing for Hope, a bar singer finds her “future is getting crowded” when two ex-lovers turn up at the Hope Hotel to catch her gig, a third is on his way, and #2 gives her a phone message from #4. From the tiny stage, she notices the Harley women. “I admire how every step and glance is a sexual act. Their nail polish is libido. They wear tri-coloured rosebud tattoos in places I barely…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780864921673 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0864921675 |
| Author: | Lorna Jackson |
| Publisher: | Goose Lane Editions |
| Imprint: | Goose Lane Editions |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 148 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 1995 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 12mm |
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“D.H. Lawrence would recognize the force under these stories, and Jackson taps into that force.”
“D.H. Lawrence would recognize the force under these stories, and Jackson taps into that force.” – Kent Thompson“A whip-smart joyride.” – Mark Anthony Jarman
About The Author
Lorna Jackson
Lorna Jackson is all too familiar with the road. For 9 years she played country music, mostly solo, in beer parlours and lounges in Vancouver and small-town BC. She quit touring to study writing at the University of Victoria. Stories from Dressing for Hope have appeared in Canadian Forum, Prism International, Canadian Fiction, the Fiddlehead, the Malahat Review, and in the anthology An Ounce of Cure.
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