Fiction Short Stories (single Author)
The Colours of Birds
- Publisher
- Iguana Books
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2020
- Category
- Short Stories (single author), Literary
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781771803878
- Publish Date
- Jan 2020
- List Price
- $9.99
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Description
Rebecca Higgins’s characters do weird things in their attempts to negotiate the world. They steal books and hide in bathrooms and treat grocery receipts like tarot cards. They may want solitude, even escape, but they don’t want to be invisible. They move between isolation and connection—on the internet, at uncomfortable parties, in a tent after Hurricane Katrina. These stories are about friendship and loneliness and the awkward, fumbling ways we try to love each other. We lie and leave things out, so often torn between hiding ourselves and needing to be seen.
About the author
Rebecca Higgins has lived and worked in Ireland, Honduras, and Brazil. She has a background in social work and has worked in mental health education since 2011. Her short stories have appeared in such publications as The Toronto Star and The Antigonish Review. She lives in Toronto.