Taking the Stairs Product Form:Paperback / softback failure of a daughter and

failure of a daughter and her mother to find an emotional connection during an art gallery outing

in the legacy of trans Indigenous literature

Colin becomes the everyman for anyone who has been constantly beaten down and hoped for salvation

–BC Parent Magazine

The author's prose is punchy

Taking the Stairs Product Form:Paperback / softback failure of a daughter andDescription Longlisted for the 2009 Relit Award for the novel Jarod Palmer is a 32 year old Toronto writer waiting for his big break though a small one will do. Haunted by his story of tragic teenage sweethearts in smalltown Nova Scotia featuring the unforgettable Lana Banana Jarod is infected by the ancient mariner's curse on all young unpublished novelists to "tell the tale." The problem is that he is trying to pursue his solitary and introspective