Border Markers

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Publication Year:
2016

ISBN-13: 9781926455709

&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;<p><b>Shortlisted&#10;for the Cover Design Award at the 2016 Alberta Book Publishing Awards!</b><br></p><p>After&#10;the accidental death of a teenaged friend, the Lansing family has split along&#10;fault lines previously hidden under a patina of suburban banality. Every family&#10;has secrets, but for the Lansings those secrets end up propelling them in&#10;different directions away from their border town to foreign shores and to&#10;prison.</p><p>Told in thirty-three flash fiction narratives,&#10;<em>Border Markers</em> is fractured like the psyches of its characters,&#10;all keen edges and tough language. It&#8217;s a slice of prairie noir that straddles&#10;the line between magical and gritty realism. Jenny Ferguson&#8217;s debut is a&#10;compelling collection of commonplace tragedies and surprising&#10;insights.</p>&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;<p><b>Shortlisted&#10;for the Cover Design Award at the 2016 Alberta Book Publishing Awards!</b><br></p><p>After&#10;the accidental death of a teenaged friend, the Lansing family has split along&#10;fault lines previously hidden under a patina of suburban banality. Every family&#10;has secrets, but for the Lansings those secrets end up propelling them in&#10;different directions away from their border town to foreign shores and to&#10;prison.</p><p>Told in thirty-three flash fiction narratives,&#10;<em>Border Markers</em> is fractured like the psyches of its characters,&#10;all keen edges and tough language. It&#8217;s a slice of prairie noir that straddles&#10;the line between magical and gritty realism. Jenny Ferguson&#8217;s debut is a&#10;compelling collection of commonplace tragedies and surprising&#10;insights.</p>&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;