Allison Baggio's Books

In the Body

By: Allison Baggio

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Short Stories. Allison Baggio explores the connection between the physical and spiritual worlds with In the Body, a collection of 12 short stories and the novella As She Was. Baggio s range of voice and breadth of vision are showcased in stories like Spilt Milk, where an ordinary fare leads an Indo - Canadian taxi driver, who is unhappy with his current circumstances, to marry his passenger s unattractive sister. In Possessed, a man receives a heart transplant and begins to suspect that his new heart is still attached to its old owner. The novella follows a teenage girl who, after a motorcycle accident, is left with a serious brain injury that dramatically alters her personality and body. The five people closest to her must reflect on who she was in order to come to terms with who she has become. In the Body is a stunning examination of the clash between how we perceive our own bodies and how we are perceived by others.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

239

Publisher

ECW Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1770902724

ISBN 13

9781770902725

Girl in Shades

A Novel

By: Allison Baggio

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Girl in Shades

A Novel

By: Allison Baggio

A poignant novel of loss, growing up, and an unusually gifted girl finding her way in the world. Maya Devine has a strange ability to see colors that surround other people—and sometimes even to hear the thoughts in their heads. But even with these gifts, she still struggles to understand her mother, Marigold. Desperate for enlightenment, Marigold drags Maya to library lectures on making money and gardening as part of her home schooling; attends AA meetings even though she never has more than two drinks at a time; and conscripts Maya for the very personal crusade of spreading the words of the Bhagavad Gita from street corners. When Marigold is diagnosed with cancer and vows to spend her final days in the tepee she’s set up in the backyard, neighbors and strangers—believing the dying Marigold to be a prophet—camp out in the family’s front yard. As her father grows ever more distant, Maya finds solace in the music of 1980s teen idol Corey Hart—but as she faces her losses, she must eventually find a vision for her future on her own. “An immensely satisfying coming-of-age tale and a remarkable first novel.” —Chatelaine

Average ratings

N/A