Apple of My Eye

By Jacqueline Howell

APPLE OF MY EYE is a perceptive debut that dwells in Toronto of the 1980's atop nine miles of bluffs and skates across rolling park lands on slim 5-speed tires. It waits in loved-to-death record albums, lurks in keepsakes preserved, lost or destroyed, and lingers in dreams. A work of memory, a spinning compass, and a defiant pulse, Howell's stories of personal cartography attack accepted norms of time, place and authorship, faith, superstition, safety and attachment. Here, coming-of-age writing clashes with sharp socio-cultural critique. Scored by the timeless, misunderstood sounds of post-punk and new wave, a tale of melancholia, personal and cultural stasis erupts into genuine personal reinvention, making a definitive case for alternative histories of our time. Jacqueline Howell is the co-founder of DISARM Magazine. She writes on culture, film and music, focusing on music and cultural history of her time, and is a socio-cultural critic.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1775289761
• ISBN13: 9781775289760
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Fuchsia Press Canada
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"