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Hellgoing
Hellgoing
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Shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Selected as an Amazon.ca Best Book and for The Globe's Top 10 Books of 2013.
With astonishing range and depth, Lynn Coady gives us nine unforgettable new stories, each one 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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Unforgettable stories exploring human flaws and faith.
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Hellgoing by Lynn Coady is a captivating collection that delves into the complexities of human nature with wit and empathy. Each story is sharply insightful and lingers in your mind long after you've turned the last page. If you're drawn to stories that blend dark humor with profound emotional nuance, this book is a real treat.