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Hellgoing
Hellgoing: Stories | Lynn Coady
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Shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. With astonishing range and depth, Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Lynn Coady gives us eight unforgettable new stories, each one of them grabbing our attention from the first line and resonating long after the last. A young nun charged with talking an anorexic out of her religious fanaticism toys with the thin distance between practicality and blasphemy. A strange bond between a teacher and a schoolgirl takes on ever deeper, and stranger, shapes as the years progress. A bride - to - be with a penchant for nocturnal bondage can't seem to stop bashing herself up in the light of day. Equally adept at capturing the foibles and obsessions of men and of women, compassionate in her humour yet never missing an opportunity to make her characters squirm, fascinated as much by faithlessness as by faith, Lynn Coady is quite possibly the writer who best captures what it is to be human at this particular moment in our history.
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Clwojick
Hellgoing: Stories | Lynn Coady
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Panpan

This one fell short for me. I normally like short story collections, but this one just didn‘t do it for me. Maybe I‘m in a mood to not enjoy books today 😂

My third read for #BookSpinBingo.

TheAromaofBooks I hate it when I go through a string of nopes! 4y
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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego
Hellgoing: Stories | Lynn Coady
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Mehso-so

I think I would have enjoyed this book more in print format vs audio. It is a collection of short stories, but the transitions between stories are so subtle that you wouldn't even notice that one story had ended and another began. Therefore, I spent much of the book confused.

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saresmoore
Hellgoing: Stories | Lynn Coady
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Sorry, not sorry for sharing this. It totally wrecked me, but it was worth it.

https://electricliterature.com/how-many-emails-does-it-take-to-not-apologize-241...

Nikki15 A very interesting article. What is the book like? (edited) 7y
saresmoore @Nikki15 I haven‘t read the book yet—it‘s a short story collection—but judging from the reaction this brief work evoked in me, I imagine it‘s pretty good. 7y
Reggie That was intense. Makes me want to read more of her. 7y
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saresmoore @Reggie My thoughts exactly! 7y
Billypar So good! Not easy to do current events well in fiction- funny, nuanced, and yeah, agreed @Reggie - intense! 7y
saresmoore @Billypar That‘s a great point. She really did an excellent job with it. 7y
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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
Hellgoing: Stories | Lynn Coady
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I LOVE SHORT STORIES! Here are just some of the my favourite collections that I own. Featuring Canadian authors, queer authors, and/or authors of colour and a variety of genres from sci fi to fairy tales to contemporary. #Riotgrams #ShortStories Day 6

Foxyfictionista I loved Falling in Love with Hominids! 7y
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian @Foxyfictionista Her other short story collection Skin Folk is also amazing! 7y
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