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Keeping the peace : stories / Colette Maitland.

by Maitland, Colette.

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Biblioasis, c2013.

9781926845920 (trade pbk.)

1926845927 (trade pbk.)

238 p. ; 21 cm.

"A John Metcalf book."

Shoot the dog -- Highway salvation -- Misconceptions -- Spark -- Keeping the peace -- Until death do us part -- Plan -- Resurrection -- Shoes -- Faith and joy -- Exhumation -- Blind -- Seeking light -- Big picture -- Buzz bomb -- Catch and release -- Bingo -- Children @ play -- Stone lion.

A soldier's wife struggles to reconnect with her daughter after her husband is killed overseas. A prostitute refuses the help of the enigmatic and evangelical Jared. A heart attack survivor perplexes his family with his newfound religious euphoria. Character-driven, exploring grief and insularity, Colette Maitland's short fiction debut shows us the price of keeping the peace in small-town America.

Short stories, Canadian.

Canadian fiction.

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