Home Schooling

By Carol Windley

Book Overview

Carol Windley's mesmerizing collection, Home Schooling , introduced an American audience to a mature, masterful storyteller whose "writing has a unique power, a perfect combination of delicacy, intensity, and fearless imagination" (Alice Munro). Set in the temperate rain forests of Vancouver Island and the vibrant cities of the Pacific Northwest, the stories in Home Schooling uncover the hidden freight of families as they dissolve and reform in new and startling configurations: ghosts appear, the past intrudes and overwhelms the present, familiar terrain takes on a hostile aspect, and happiness often depends on unlikely alliances.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802144535
• ISBN13: 9780802144539
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 15.0"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful and haunting

The stories in this collection are exquisitely written and haunting. Think Tillie Olson with a touch of Alice Seibold...character-driven pieces in unusual settings. Truly beautiful.

A perfect formula

After studying literature for four years and reading hundreds of short stories, I found Windley's Home Schooling to be the most current, articulate, and exciting collection in Canadian Lit. Her wording sparse. . . the moods created with precision. . . the characters hauntingly and beautifully portrayed. . . you will want to continue to re-read these stories and peel back the layers as you continue to discover the deeper psychologies Windley recreates within the human mind. Something so raw and so human. . . so timely in our fragmented and seemingly disillusioned world. . . Home Schooling sums up a generation much like the Wasteland does for Eliot's lost generation. Sit by the fire. . . or on your patio. . . and enjoy this collection many times through. You'll find yourself lending it to everyone you speak with, just so you can continue discussing beyond the last page!