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The Wedding House

by (author) Alison Smith

Publisher
Gaspereau Press Ltd.
Initial publish date
Apr 2001
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781894031301
    Publish Date
    Apr 2001
    List Price
    $12.95

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Description

Ranging from eloquent insights into rural family life reminiscent of David Adams Richards, to a devil-may-care independence and impish wit, Smith’s first book of poetry is a fresh, energetic look at love, family, and the places where they intersect.

About the author

Alison Smith is the author of The Wedding House, Six Mats and One Year, and the chapbook Fishwork, Dear (2009). She was shortlisted for the 2013 CBC Poetry Prize. Her poems have appeared in Guernica Magazine, Fjords Review, Event Magazine, Rusty Toque, Understorey, and Lemonhound. She lives in New Germany, Nova Scotia.

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Editorial Reviews

“Smith’s debut work ... is a searing, Generation X-meditation on the value of family and relationships” George Elliott Clarke, Halifax Sunday Herald

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