Janice Galloway's inventive first novel is about the breakdown of a 27-year-old drama teacher named Joy Stone. The problems of everyday living accumulate and begin to torture Joy, who blames her problems not on her work or on the accidental drowning of her illicit lover, but on herself. While painful and deeply serious, this is a novel of great warmth and energy: it's the wit and irony found in moments of despair that prove to be Joy's salvation. First published by Polygon in 1989 and Dalkey Archive Press in 1994, now available again.
- ISBN10 1564780465
- ISBN13 9781564780461
- Publish Date 14 April 2015 (first published 7 March 1991)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 18 December 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Dalkey Archive Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English