We all need to eat : stories

Leslie, Alex (Mystery story writer) (author.).

Summary: "We All Need to Eat, is a new collection of linked stories from award-winning author Alex Leslie that revolve around Soma, a young Queer woman in Vancouver, chronicling her attempts to come to grips with herself, her family and her sexuality. Set in different moments falling between Soma's childhood and her late thirties, each story-bold and varying in its approach to narrative-presents a sea change in Soma's life, from Soma becoming addicted to weightlifting while going through a break-up in her thirties; to her complex relationship with her younger brother after she leaves home revealed over the course of a long family chicken dinner; to Soma's struggles to cope with her mother's increasing instability by becoming fixated on buying her a lamp for seasonal affective disorder; and the far-reaching impact and lasting reverberations of Soma's family's experience of the Holocaust as it scrapes up against the rise of Alt Right media. Lyrical, gritty and atmospheric, Soma's stories refuse to shy away from the contradictions inherent to human experience, exploring one young person's journey through mourning, escapism, and the search for nourishment."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781771664219
ISBN: 1771664215
ISBN: 9781771664202
ISBN: 1771664207
ISBN: 9781771664226
ISBN: 1771664223
ISBN: 1771664193
ISBN: 9781771664196
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : Book*Hug, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Intro; The Initials; The Person You Want to See; Stories Like Birds; The Sandwich Artist; Stargazer; Who You Start With Is Who You Finish With; Self-Help Liturgy; Change Your Life Today; A Brief History of Eye Contact; Acknowledgements; Colophon.