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| Title Statement | Instructions for the drowning: stories / Steven Heighton. |
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| Author | Heighton, Steven, 1961-2022 |
| Publication | Toronto, Ontario: CELA,2023. |
| Extent of Item | 1 DAISY audio disc (6 hr., 18 min.) |
| ISBN | 9781038433831 1038433835 |
| Other Number | (OCoLC)1398233632 |
| General Notes | "A John Metcalf book". Short stories. |
| Production Credits | Audio producer: CNIB, 2023. |
| Performance Credits | Narrated by Deborah Kipp; Cam Drynan. |
| Contents | Instructions for the drowning --Repeat to failure --As if in prayer --Expecting --Professions of love --You're going to live --Who now lies sleeping --Everything turns away --Desire lines --Notes toward a new theory of tears --The stages of J. Gordon Whitehead |
| Summary | "A man recalls his father's advice on how to save a drowning person, but struggles to come to terms with its application. Locked down with his new partner and her aging cat, a recovering alcoholic must continue learning how to balance control and vulnerability. When his husband dies, a son's request of his conservative father teaches both men to see one another, and their relationship, anew. In stories about love and fear, Romantic idealism and practical limitations, self-reckoning and how we learn to care for one another, Steven Heighton's Instructions for the Drowning is the unforgettable last collection by a writer working at the height of his powers."-- |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Short stories, Canadian |
| Nouvelles canadiennes | |
| Short stories, Canadian | |
| By Genre | short stories |
| Short stories | |
| Short stories | |
| Nouvelles | |
