Author : Allie McFarland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781773851457
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (514 download)
Book Synopsis Disappearing in Reverse by : Allie McFarland
Download or read book Disappearing in Reverse written by Allie McFarland and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Disappearing in Reverse follows a young woman through the challenges of unreconciled loss. Five years prior to the opening scene, the narrator's cousin, Devin, contracts an infection and dies. Everyone believes this story, until her photo appears on the internet with the caption "she is not dead." Convinced that Devin blames her for the infection, the unnamed protagonists embarks on a trip across Western Canada in search of her confidante. She is driven by guilt and grief while negotiating her bisexuality. The protagonist's sense of self unravels as her adventures progress and her past threatens to eclipse her present. True to the picaresque genre, this episodic series of scenes woven together by highways and memories features a revolving cast of side characters. Our protagonist is joined by an ice cream loving corpse, a car thief, and a group of Calgarian hippies, among others. Along the way she steals identities, learns how to fake cooking skills and drink coffee, and how to disappear in plain sight. A novel(la)s, Disappearing in Reverse, is a concise, women-centric narrative that crosses genres and defies easy categorisation. The term 'novel(la)' denotes a literary space, where this form of writing is met and assessed on its own terms--a place where male-centric expectations falter, and where audacious female characters thrive."--