Shiftless
- Publisher
- Guernica Editions
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2014
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550718850
- Publish Date
- Sep 2014
- List Price
- $20.00
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
Like the narrator of Raymond Carver's poem "Shiftless," Janet Fraser likes to sit in a chair for hours, perhaps with a cola. She'd like a stranger to say, "Don't I know you?" In Shiftless Fraser fearlessly explores the essence of her own life, some of her ancestors' lives, and the lives of other ordinary people who have often faced extraordinary challenges.
About the author
After earning an M.A. and M.L.S. degrees from the University of Toronto, she worked for many years for The Globe and Mail. Since 1994 she has lived in St. John's where she works as a professional librarian, teaches writing courses, and writes occasional book reviews.