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<p>Carol Bruneau, author of six acclaimed works of fiction (most recently, <i>These Good Hands</i>), brings her finely honed voice to 12 new stories about shifting concepts of Nova Scotian identity. </p>
<p>In « The Race, » a war bride’s remarkable life trajectory unfolds as she competes in an international swim marathon in the Northwest Arm. Strain erupts between a Haligonian couple in « Burning Times, » while they struggle to keep track of one another, both physically and emotionally, on an Italian vacation. In « Polio Beach, » cousins gather oceanside over the will of a recently deceased aunt who once saved one of them from drowning.</p>
<p>Writing with empathy, humour, and linguistic precision, Bruneau follows characters who find themselves connected to Nova Scotia by birth, through attempts at escape and new beginnings, or as a temporary resting place, always carrying with them their own idiosyncratic and complex definitions of « home. »</p>