From The Globe and Mail: "...while the collection explores sites of emotional and physical volatility, Selecky sinks her teeth into something far more powerful than the violence of loss: She skillfully wrests devastation from its customary gloom of lamentation and regret, and bares its overwhelming beauty...Indeed, Selecky catches each of her characters in the midst of acute crises and keenly extracts the stories behind the stories we tell ourselves. Our capacity for vision depends upon our ability to look again – to see the cake that is not one.
I found myself flying through these stories and had to pace myself so that I could absorb them individually. Regardless if you think you like short stories or not ( I used to think I didn't) I highly recommend This Cake Is For The Party!
Enjoy your reading now, because after baby arrives, you won't have near as much time to devote to reading. In the meantime Happy Reading.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a Speedy Delivery. Babies are beautiful and wonderful, and a lot of work, but it is all so worth it. I had five.
thanks!!
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