The Terrible Discipline of Her Face follows the difficult choices of what a person does when he cannot go on being lied to, and how stricken people find a way to carry on.

It’s 1968 and James Anderson’s twin brother Dave has just been killed in the Vietnam war. Knowing his turn is next, James turns his back on his family’s military legacy, evades the draft, and travels to Newfoundland to fulfill a promise his brother made to a fellow soldier. Unwittingly swept into an intergenerational family secret while on assignment for a St. John’s newspaper, James finds something in Newfoundland that saves his life.

Monica Kidd grew up on the rural Alberta prairies. She completed a B.Sc. at the University of Calgary, an M.Sc. at Queen’s University, attended medical school at Memorial University and is now a practicing physician and writer in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She is the author of two novels (Beatrice and The Momentum of Red), a book of non-fiction (Any Other Woman: An Uncommon Biography) and a collection of poetry entitled (Actualities). Her short experimental films have shown in Atlantic Canada and in Amsterdam. She has worked as a seabird biologist and as a reporter for CBC Radio, where her news items and documentaries have won numerous awards. She lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland, with her husband and children.

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• Long-listed, The Edna Staebler Presonal Essay Award
• Short-listed, Stephen G. Stephansson Award for Poetry
• National Magazine Award (Silver) in Profile Category
• Winner, CMAJ/ARS Medica Writing Contest
• Winner, Geist Magazine's Jackpine Sonnet Contest
• Winner, Special Radio Program, The Gracie Awards
• Runner-up, Radio Drama, New York Festivals