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Synopsis
"A Rose on Corydon" is a bridal shop like no other. With a staircase spiraling around a pillar that is a floor-to-ceiling aquarium stocked with tropical fish, and an unrivalled eclectic selection, "A Rose on Corydon" has been the city's "go-to" bridal salon for three decades. At the center of the novel are seven women: Milly and Gertrude, A Rose's owners, Jeannette, their assistant, Perfume, who is heading to the altar for the fourth time,
and her bridal party--Agnes, Dorien, Wordy--and Arlie, a thirteen-year-old cancer survivor with insight beyond her years.
As they enter their seventies, Milly and Gertrude have decided it's time to close the business. Millie is laid-up with a broken leg and there's no-one to pass the store to, (except their very estranged daughter, Isadore). They decide to host Perfume's wedding and make it their closing-out party and have everyone, even the men, don taffeta wedding wear. But when Wordy is diagnosed with cancer, the event begins to look less like a wedding and more like an outrageous living wake.
This poetic and graceful novel grapples with the meaning of friendship, family estrangement, and how we care for the ill and the elderly.
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About the Author
Deborah Schnitzer is a Professor of English Literature at the University of Winnipeg, a 3M Teaching Fellow, and the author of two books of poetry: Black Beyond Blue (Staccato Press, 1997) and Loving Gertrude Stein (Turnstone Press, 2004).
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An Unexpected Break in the Weather
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Turnstone Press, Winnipeg, MB, 2009
ISBN 10: 0888013450
ISBN 13: 9780888013453
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Seller: Werdz Quality Used Books, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY DEBORAH SCHNITZER on ffep; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Unexpectedly, a series of events threatens the foundation of life Gertrude and Mildred have made together and tests their relationship in new ways. Mildred's 73-year-old hip is no match for an icy sidewalk, and long-time friend Wordie stares cancer in the face. Thirteen-year-old Arlie, aged beyond her tender years by the same illness, is a stalwart support, as is the thrice-married Perfume, on her way down a fourth aisle to eternal happiness - holding, perhaps, the key that makes the changes more bearable. This poetic and graceful novel explores the secrets and promises sustained by a love affair whose dimensions render speechless the most experienced of lovers. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 009207