Fiction Short Stories (single Author)
Winning Chance
- Publisher
- Great Plains Publications
- Initial publish date
- May 2019
- Category
- Short Stories (single author), General, Contemporary Women
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781773370132
- Publish Date
- May 2019
- List Price
- $21.95
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Description
From the author of Art Lessons, a finalist for the Robert Kroetch City of Edmonton Book Prize and the Alberta Readers' Choice Awards! Finalist - High Plains Book Award
Winner of the 2020 Exporting Alberta Award In the stories in Winning Chance , Katherine Koller explores second chances, how we find them, and how we find the courage to take them. Whether they are contractors running into an ex while on the job, a busy mother pursuing community theatre, or a family building an illegal ice rink after an environmental collapse, Katherine Koller has created empathetic portraits of characters searching to connect.
About the author
Katherine Koller teaches in the department of English and film studies at the University of Alberta and continues to write for radio, stage and screen. Her one-act comedies have been produced across Canada. Her website is www.katherinekoller.ca.
Editorial Reviews
"These stories punch above their realist, slice-of-life weights, thanks to Koller's specificity and description...The ingredients for near-transcendent goodness, Winning Chance urges us to believe, all exist in life as we know it." - Alberta Views