Instructions for the Drowning Heighton Steven
Instructions for the Drowning Heighton Steven "To say Heighton is an immensely talented writer is true enough but insufficient ... Locked down with his new partner and her aging cat, a recovering…
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Instructions for the Drowning Heighton Steven
"To say Heighton is an immensely talented writer is true enough but insufficient ... Locked down with his new partner and her aging cat, a recovering alcoholic must continue learning how to balance control and vulnerability. As good a writer as Canada has ever produced."--National PostA man recalls his father's advice on how to save a drowning person, but struggles to come to terms with its application.
In stories about love and fear, Romantic idealism and practical limitations, self-reckoning and how we learn to care for one another, Steven Heighton's Instructions for the Drowning is the unforgettable last collection by a writer working at the height of his When his husband dies, a son's request of his conservative father teaches both men to see one another, and their relationship, anew.