Home Schooling: Stories

by Carol Windley

Book Overview

From the acclaimed author of "Visible Light" comes a collection of seven outstanding stories. The memories and dreams of the characters are examined, revealing life-lessons that are often as complicated and painful as they are illuminating.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871139944
• ISBN13: 9780871139948
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"

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!