Specimen

By Madison Hamill

A father rollerblading to church in his ministerial robes, a university student in a leotard sprinting through fog, a trespass notice from Pak'nSave, a beautiful unborn goat in a jar... In scenarios ranging from the mundane to the surreal, Madison Hamill looks back at her younger selves with a sharp eye. Was she good or evil? Ignorant or enlightened? What parts of herself did she give up in order to forge ahead in school, church, work, and relationships, with a self that made sense to others? With wit and intelligence, these shape-shifting essays probe the ways in which a person's inner and outer worlds intersect and submit to one another. It is a brilliantly discomfiting, vivid and funny collection in which peace is found in the weirdest moments.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1776563018
• ISBN13: 9781776563012
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Victoria University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"