![]() When her cousin beats her to it, Miriam descends into pettiness before finding her way out of the woods. In “Guided Walk,” Miriam’s latest clumsy infatuation pushes her to change her life, to finally “come out” on a guided walk with her cousin. “Damage” explores classist exploitations within many relationships and asks what our responsibilities are in saying no. In “Appropriate Behaviour,” Freddie, suffering from a brain injury, seeks resolution with a neighbour after his dog bites her, but a lifetime of mixed messages yields disastrous results. Funny, incisive and at turns heart-breaking, these stories assert a powerful new voice in contemporary Canadian fiction. This Unlikely Soil, the sophomore collection from Lambda Literary Award finalist Andrea Routley, is a quintet of linked novellas exploring the failures of kindness and connection among a rural west-coast community of queer women. ![]()
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