Two Tragedies in 429 Breaths
- Publisher
- Brick Books
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2015
- Subjects
- Women Authors, Canadian
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781771314169
- Publish Date
- Feb 2015
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Description
Two Tragedies in 429 Breaths is a book-length series of poems written from the perspective of a daughter who reads Chekhov obsessively while spending a spring and summer caring for her mother, who is dying from pulmonary fibrosis. Through the prism of the relationships in Chekho's work and life emerges an honest, intimate, and even occasionally humorous portrayal of the energy we put into each other's lives during times of deterioration and suffering.
About the author
Susan Paddon
Susan Paddon was born and grew up in St. Thomas, Ontario, attended McGill and Concordia Universities in Montreal, and lived overseas in Paris and London before settling in Margaree, Nova Scotia. Her poems have appeared in Arc, CV2, The Antigonish Review and Geist.
Editorial Reviews
This is a moving and mature first book, filled with grace notes and deep resonance.
Mary di Michele