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The Love Olympics

Author: Claire Wilkshire
Publisher: Breakwater Books Ltd.
Format: Hardback
Published: 2022
ISBN#: 9781550819083
List Price: $21.95
Pages: 216 pages

Award Finalist

Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction

Award Finalist

2022 NLBA Fiction Award sponsored by Killick Capital

Award Finalist

Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction

Award Finalist

2022 NLBA Fiction Award sponsored by Killick Capital

About The Book

Warm, funny, and stylistically savvy, these stories follow an interlocking set of characters and the people they love. Characters weave their way in and out of The Love Olympics, a collection of short fiction set in St. John’s. The book is about various forms of love—the ways love grips us, shakes us, releases or envelops us. The stories are smart, witty, funny, warm, and surprising; they capture the preoccupations of characters from different generations who are closely or only tangentially connected to one another. This collection explores people’s aspirations, fears, and vulnerabilities; their generosity and desire for connection; their willingness to see past flaws and appreciate other human beings in all their complexity.