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Blessed Nowhere

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After the tragic loss of her son, Abby attempts to escape her grief by taking to the open road, only to find herself in Central Mexico in a hotel that's home to other lost souls. It's the late nineties, when it is still possible to disappear,... Read More
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After the tragic loss of her son, Abby attempts to escape her grief by taking to the open road, only to find herself in Central Mexico in a hotel that's home to other lost souls.

It's the late nineties, when it is still possible to disappear, and Abby is at an impasse between self-destruction and dissolution. Just months after the death of her son, in a last-ditch effort to escape her reality, Abby buys a $500 car, tucks a buck knife in her glove box, and makes one impulsive move: she takes an exit south and keeps driving.

It's in a small town in central Mexico that Abby's physical journey comes to an end, and it's there amongst other outcasts and expats that Abby might finally choose to see beyond her own grief.

Blessed Nowhere by Catherine Black is an evocative exploration of loss, escape, and the rediscovery of hope amidst shared human experiences.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781771839112

Publisher: Guernica Editions,Canada

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 February 2025

Country: Canada

Imprint: Guernica Editions,Canada

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 331g

Pages: 250

About the Author

Catherine Black is an Associate Professor at OCAD University, where she was a co-founder of the Creative Writing BFA program. She has published two collections of prose poetry:Lessons of Chaos and Disaster,and Pat Lowther Award-nominatedBewilderness. Her lyric nonfiction novella,A Hard Gold Threadwas nominated for the ReLit Award. This is her first novel.

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