From award-winning author Alisha Piercy comes Bunny and Shark, a middle-aged coming-of-age story-cum-shark-adventure that reveals and celebrates women’s power in the trenches. Plunging into the first thirteen days after the ‘bastard’ pushes his ex-Playboy wife ‘Bunny’ over a cliff in the Caribbean, Bunny and Shark is a fable about island survival, and the perils and potentials of being exiled from one’s identity.

Literally lost at sea, Bunny is fueled by the miracle of having been saved from sharks by a band of dolphins. And her continued survival depends on her ability to become a spiritual extension of the landscape: she is the mood of the ocean at night as she swims blindly in it, and the protective coolness of the jungle by day as she recovers from a loss of limb; the close-walled refuge of the sailboats anchored in the harbour, and the sparkling deck of an opulent superyacht when, transformed, she makes a triumphant return to her former world.

Introducing one of the great heroines of contemporary fiction, Bunny and Shark takes readers on a voyage intense with abandon and illumination, in a story that invokes more than a little bit of magic in the telling.

Alisha Piercy is a Montréal-based writer, artist, and painting conservator. Studies in literature, art conservation and print media influence her creative practice, which ranges from drawing installations to sculptural bookworks to the writing of novellas. Her work has been exhibited in various galleries in Eastern Canada, with international projects in Iceland and Mexico. Her chapbook You have hair like flags won the bpNichol Chapbook Poetry Award in 2010. Her artwork is represented by Galerie Youn in Montreal. Find Piercy at www.alishapiercy.com or connect with her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/alisha.piercy/.

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"It is easy for the reader to lose him or herself to the adventure—it really is the kind of paperback you'd want tucked into your bag for a vacation." —Maisonneuve

“A book that can really only be described as ‘How Stella Got Her Groove—but Not Her Foot—Back’ mixed with Alan Moore-era’s Swamp Thing.” —All Lit Up Canada

“Piercy’s first novel is a no-holds barred wild ride.” —Room Magazine

Read an exclusive excerpt from Bunny and Shark —Open Book Toronto

“Bunny and Shark is a rich tale of reflection, reinvention, and retaliation.” —Prism International

“Bunny’s story glides off the page so easily … Piercy’s writing flows from descriptive to poetic, consistently bringing magical elements to simple scenes, thereby subversively seducing the reader.” —Broken Pencil

“Reaffirms every hero’s (and importantly, every woman’s) right to choose her own name, relationships, and fate.” —National Post

“Alisha Piercy’s Bunny and Shark is both…a juicy, eye-widening adventure and it’s a fragmented, lyrical meditation on change.” —The Rusty Toque

“Experiencing this book is like swimming in the ocean: it feels both soothing and risky at the same time.” —Quill & Quire

Bunny and the Shark

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