The stories in Teardown seize on instances that, at the outset, appear benign - a woman encountering an old boyfriend on a BC ferry, a father chaperoning his daughter's class on a field trip, a young waitress's burgeoning friendship with a co-worker - but are in fact fraught, often pivotal times in her characters' lives.
The stories in this arresting debut collection are populated with people you know and people you've been. They're arguing about lamps in IKEA, drinking gin and tonics on a dock in summer, unemployed and without prospects. But under Young's astute gaze they are anything but ordinary. With sharp, invigorated prose she guides us through shoals and rapids alike, along the way paying homage to our missteps, our foibles, and ultimately to the complicated hearts that comprise a life.
- ISBN13 9781988298016
- Publish Date 30 October 2016
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 6 December 2021
- Publish Country CA
- Publisher Broadview Press Ltd
- Imprint Freehand Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English