Fiction Short Stories (single Author)
And My Name Is
Stories from the Quilt
- Publisher
- Acorn Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2006
- Category
- Short Stories (single author)
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781894838221
- Publish Date
- Oct 2006
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
In this, Margie Carmichael's first collection of short stories, ordinary women have extraordinary skills, gifts and strengths; they are women who live next door or in the distance, shadowed by fear or absence of recognition. Age, race, and culture connect in the timeless fabric of the quilt, with craft, patience, and faith connecting the women through the threads of their diversity.
Anna tells of life after residential school; Irini reflects on her life in war-torn Afghanistan. In Tansie, two adults survive childhood abandonment. Freelance cosmetician to the dead Flora Hill offers insight into the lighter side of love, marriage, and death.
Featuring illustrations by Dale McNevin, the book is a collaboration that began with an original painting and companion poem first published in the Maritime Centre of Excellence for Women's Health 2000 Calendar.