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Guys Named Bill

by (author) Leslie Greentree

Publisher
Frontenac House Ltd.
Initial publish date
Apr 2002
Category
Canadian, Women Authors
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780968490365
    Publish Date
    Apr 2002
    List Price
    $14.95

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guys named Bill traces a journey from childhood to adulthood, through a marriage and beyond. The various characters named Bill are a thread running throughout the book, appearing as turning points in the narrator’s life. Ranging from darkly cynical to intimate, to humorous and blunt, the poems are ultimately optimistic, as the resilient narrator creates a new life from the remnants of the old.

About the author

Leslie Greentree is the author of two books of poetry, Guys Named Bill (2002) and go-go dancing for Elvis (2003), shortlisted for the Griffin Award for Excellence in Poetry in 2004. Leslie has read across much of Canada and in Ireland at the Dublin Writers’ Festival in 2005. She lives in Red Deer, Alberta. This is her first book of short stories. Winner of CBC Radio's annual Alberta Anthology competition in professional fiction category with short story, The Brilliant Save, which will be part of a book anthology (Sept 2006).

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