- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Oolichan Books (Oct 1 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 088982259X
- ISBN-13: 978-0889822597
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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#52,746 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #6 in Books > Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Board Games > Scrabble
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In Scrabble Lessons, characters who have confined themselves to comfortable patterns are suddenly thrown off their games. A young woman trying to control her impulses won’t slice the pricey tomato her lover left on the windowsill, but can’t stop dissecting the relationship. A successful radio personality turns up on her brother’s doorstep carrying all the old family baggage and a terrible new secret. A poetry chapbook with an unusual cover reawakens passion in a lonely insurance broker, while the ordered pattern of a Scrabble game—225 squares, 100 wooden tiles—becomes an anchor in a world tossed by grief and uncertainty. In this debut collection, set in Winnipeg, Leslie Vryenhoek draws us into the desires of those who are easily overlooked: the chary cook at a home for pregnant women who grieves the transition from nuns to social workers; a down-on-his-luck labourer in Winnipeg’s inner city who wants to ride a stolen bicycle; the middle-aged woman, demoralized by family obligations, who lets a fast-talking chocolate salesman in the door. These are stories about the longing that gnaws at our most ordinary days, and about those rare moments of acute certainty, even joy, on which whole lives can pivot and change course.
About the Author
Leslie Vryenhoek is a writer, poet and communications consultant whose work has appeared in magazines and journals across Canada and internationally. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, she learned to play Scrabble on her mother’s knee. As a teenager, she fell in love with the prairies and moved to Manito¬ba, where she completed a bachelor of arts at the University of Manitoba, raised two daughters and worked in communications and public relations for the University of Winnipeg and the Canadian Red Cross. In 2005, Leslie relocated to St. John’s, Newfoundland, where she runs a communications consulting company and is pursuing a diploma in cre¬ative writing from Memorial University of Newfoundland. She won the 2007 Eden Mills Festival Literary Competition, the inaugural Cahoots fiction competition, and the 2003 Dalton Camp Award, and placed third in The Antigonish Review’s Sheldon Currie Fiction Contest in 2005. She has also won several awards for poetry.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Short stories at their best,
By KM (Newfoundland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Scrabble Lessons (Paperback)
If you're a fan of the short story, or even if you've never picked one up before, you should not miss reading SCRABBLE LESSONS. Gorgeous imagery with true-to-life situations and characters that zing your heart as much as your appetite for words. A great collection from beginning to end.
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