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<p><b>Contemporary short story collection exploring privilege, perspective, and contradiction from the celebrated author of <i>Brighten the Corner Where You Are</i> and <i>A Bird on Every Tree</i>.</b></p>
<p> »Bruneau is a master. We should know this by now. »</p>
<p>—<b>Quill & Quire</b>, starred review of <i>A Bird on Every Tree</i></p>
<p>From the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of <i>Brighten the Corner Where You Are</i>, <i>A Circle on the Surface</i>, and <i>Purple for Sky</i> comes the first collection of short stories since the Thomas Raddall Award—nominated <i>A Bird on Every Tree</i>.</p>
<p>Moving from a worldly insouciance to a reckoning with privilege, the stories in Threshold explore the hypocrisies and contradictions of a world broken by racism, homelessness, and climate change. A woman’s grief causes her to see the ghost of her mother in others and in herself; an extended honeymoon cruise has a couple contemplating their gene pools, and their future; and a son’s disappearance prompts his parents to study the migratory patterns of herons.</p>
<p>From the piazzas of Naples and Palermo to Halifax’s urban wilderness, waterways, and backyards, Bruneau writes with characteristic empathy, humour, and linguistic precision. These luminescent stories reach beyond first-world worries toward compassion and hope, human resilience and the resiliency of nature.</p>