No Common Thread
The Selected Short Fiction of Norma West Linder
Published on 1. June 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
210 pages
978-1-897475-91-1 (ISBN)
Description
Over the past four decades, the short stories of Norma West Linder have appeared in leading magazines, such as Chatelaine and Horizon, at home and internationally. Her fiction has been anthologized numerous times. In No Common Thread Ms. Linder has selected 33 of her personal favourites from well over 100 published pieces. While a couple of these stories are set in southeast Asia, many are based not far from Lake Huron, the environment in which she grew up during the Great Depression. They depict people living their fragile lives against a backdrop of human passions and failures. Throughout these stories, men and women struggle to understand the mystery inherent in human relationships: parent and child, husband and wife, friends and lovers. Readers who have enjoyed her novels will certainly like these luminous stories.
"The accomplishments of this talented author are many, and the high standard which she has maintained throughout her writing career is a credit to contemporary Canadian literature."
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Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
349 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-897475-91-1 (9781897475911)
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Norma West Linder was born in Toronto, spent her childhood on Manitoulin Island, and teenage years in Muskoka. She is a member of, The Writers' Union of Canada, The Ontario Poetry Society, WITS (Writers International Through Sarnia) and Past President of the Sarnia Branch of the Canadian Authors Assoc.
Linder is the author of 5 novels, 14 collections of poetry, a memoir of Manitoulin Island, two children's books, and a biography of Pauline McGibbon. For 24 years she was on the faculty of Lambton College in Sarnia, teaching English and Creative Writing, retiring in 1992. For 7 years she wrote a monthly column for the Sarnia Observer. Her short stories have been published internationally and broadcast on the CBC. Her poetry has been published in, Fiddlehead, White Wall Review, Room of One's Own, Quills, Prairie Journal, FreeFall Magazine, Mobius, and other periodicals. In 2006 she compiled and edited Enchanted Crossroads for The Ontario Poetry Society. Her latest publications are collections of poems entitled, When Angels Weep, Lovely as a Tree, and Adder's Tongues. A collection of her short stories was released in August of 2013, entitled No Common Thread, published by Hidden Brook Press. In 2014, Two Paths Through the Seasons, a poetry book featuring Linder and James Deahl was published in Israel. In 2016, Hidden Brook Press published, The Pastel Planet, a children's book. Her poem
"Valediction" was set to music by composer Jeffrey Ryan, performed in Toronto by the Tefelmusik Baroque Orchestra.
She lives in Sarnia, Ontario with poet James Deahl. When not writing, Linder enjoys reading, swimming, and photography. She has two daughters and a son.