A classic, moving quest of elephants, memory and the will to survive. Mud is an infant elephant, orphaned at birth and blessed with visionary powers. She and her adoptive family roam the plains of east Africa in search of water and food. At a crowded watering hole in a bad drought, ivory poachers find them and kill, or drive off, almost all of ...
In this haunting and suspenseful novel of abduction and obsessive love, Gowdy draws on her trademark empathy to create a portrait of love at its most consuming and ambiguous to uncover the volatile point at which desire gives way to the unthinkable.
Louise has loved Abel since they were kids together in Toronto. But his family moves away, and the two are not reunited again until years later, when they get together briefly--resulting in Louise's pregnancy. He rejects her, she has an abortion, and when her mother dies, she hooks up with Abel again, only to find he is, by now, a self-destructive ...
This book is a collection of 8 short stories about people on the fringes of life. It includes the title story, which was filmed as KISSED, about a young necrophile obsessed with the "energy" of the dead--so much so that she takes a job in a mortuary.
A comedy of suburban family life in the swinging '60s. The author creates a world that is both bizarre and familiar and in which three sisters, fuelled by terror and love, harbour the dark secret of a missing fourth child, and grapple with their traumatic and hilarious family skeletons.
A debut collection of short stories by the author of the novel "Falling Angels". Populated by an assortment of freaks, Siamese twins, voyeurs, exhibitionists, necrophiles and transsexuals, this collection of extraordinary, bizarre and often grotesque stories is shot through with humorous sympathy.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Abacus
Date Published: 2008
Description: Near Fine with no dust jacket. Paperback book signed by author on title page-has written "To Karen, May you never be..." then a handwritten arrow pointing to the word `Helpless` on the title page, and signature of author. In very good/excellent condition. Pages are clean and tidy throughout. No foxing, yellowing or damage. Spine still smooth. Could be unread. Pictures available on request.; 7"-8" tall; 306 pages pages; Signed by Author. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original Wraps
Publisher: Quarry Press.
Date Published: 1990
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author Barbars Gowdy has SIGNED her contribution to this small press literary magazine, published in soft card wraps on the contents page. Her eleven page short story is titled "THE TWO-HEADED MAN"....SCARCE. read more
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