Grey is a baby. Grey is a bad date. Grey battles a tornado, flies past giant monkeys, and pauses to watch an old woman with her lists.Judy MacDonald is a modern-day Jane Bowles, and from her comes this startling collection of stories called Grey.These stories toy with fact and fiction, autobiography and invention, memory and make believe. Grey proves that a misunderstood color can be far from dull. Read about a girl falling in love with a giraffe. Learn about one young boy’s favorite breastfeeding scenarios. Observe several kinds of relationships. Join the author for an afterlife visit with Stanley Kubrick.Grey—with delicious and McSweeney-esque observation, sharp dialogue, colorful characters—ages well.Praise for Grey:"MacDonald demonstrates her skill with voice, nailing character . . . there is a wealth of intriguing, original ideas in this collection."—Quill & Quire"MacDonald’s characters are an impressively varied cast . . . she writes with delicacy, humour, and sympathy."—Globe & MailJudy MacDonald is a writer and journalist in Toronto. She’s the winner of a Rogers Communications/Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize.
Grey is a baby. Grey is a bad date. Grey battles a tornado, flies past giant monkeys, and pauses to watch an old woman with her lists.Judy MacDonald is a modern-day Jane Bowles, and from her comes this startling collection of stories called Grey.These stories toy with fact and fiction, autobiography and invention, memory and make believe. Grey proves that a misunderstood color can be far from dull. Read about a girl falling in love with a giraffe. Learn about one young boy’s favorite breastfeeding scenarios. Observe several kinds of relationships. Join the author for an afterlife visit with Stanley Kubrick.Grey—with delicious and McSweeney-esque observation, sharp dialogue, colorful characters—ages well.Praise for Grey:"MacDonald demonstrates her skill with voice, nailing character . . . there is a wealth of intriguing, original ideas in this collection."—Quill & Quire"MacDonald’s characters are an impressively varied cast . . . she writes with delicacy, humour, and sympathy."—Globe & MailJudy MacDonald is a writer and journalist in Toronto. She’s the winner of a Rogers Communications/Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize.
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