Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby? is a dazzling and original collection of stories from a bold and vibrant new voice in Canadian fiction.Daring, tough and humorous, this is writing with a razor edge. The book has at its heart the relationship between parents and children, often focusing on motherhood and adoption. The stories are as devastating in their emotional honesty as they are poignant and wise. Among them: a girl is abducted by a man claiming to be her father; a distraught mother finds herself fabricating a past for her ...
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Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby? is a dazzling and original collection of stories from a bold and vibrant new voice in Canadian fiction.Daring, tough and humorous, this is writing with a razor edge. The book has at its heart the relationship between parents and children, often focusing on motherhood and adoption. The stories are as devastating in their emotional honesty as they are poignant and wise. Among them: a girl is abducted by a man claiming to be her father; a distraught mother finds herself fabricating a past for her adopted teenage daughter; a woman is haunted by her birth mother's ghostly visitation; a new mother is overtaken by a feeling of alienation as gradually her world becomes as empty as she feels her heart to be.Elyse Gasco's stories are uniquely imagined and alert to the trappings that define today's urban world. Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby? is a stunning literary debut.
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