We're Not Rich
Debbie Rodgers
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Taya Young
, Amy Cieslak
, Barry Kazimer
, Olivier Guérin
, Janet Miller
, cassandra schiemann
, Jude Castillo
, Marilyn Stanley
, Dot Mann
, Alanna Virtue
, Mary Montague
, Agnes Marshall
, Mary Therrien
, Maria Zuppardi
, Marissa Yip-Young
, jaynie jackson
, Joan Clare
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Brad MULLER
, Yutong Wu
, Jennifer Beyak
, Trish Bowering
, Anita Janik-Jones
, Brittney Warren
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Lauraine Twilley
, Stephen Pinder
, Carol Saponja
, Kayley Ashman
, Ching Ching Wu
, Lesley Sturge
, Katie Macalister
, Louise Walsh
, Natasha Andres
, Andrea Pole
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Patricia Johnson
, Holly Elisabeth
, Sarah Schwartz
, Joshua Lewis
, Nicole Maxwell
, Cassandra AOUIZERATE
, Dorothy Wong
, Dorothy Wong
, Sara Hawkins
, Noelle Walsh
, Emily Steiner
, Mark Gorman
, Allison Dube
, Sharon Forzley
, Cheryl Johnson
, Melissa Ritz
, Dana Francoeur
, Natasa Ilic
, Laurie Burns
, Donna Roucoulet
, LISA NELSON
, Ashlee Blais
, Chris Lantz
, Denica StP
, Elizabeth Obermeyer
, Kartik Gupta
, Kate Hudson
, Katherine Koller
, Nancy Steinhausen
, Nicki D'Angelo
, Sherry Heschuk
, Phyllis VanDusen
, Roland Schigas
, Anneka Chambers
, Kym Marsh
, Nicholas Graham
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Martine Fabris
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Diane McPherson
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Sandra Storey
, joy mills
, jane luce
, Sara Conway
, Mary Woods
, Leslie Zillman
, Vanessa Seto
, Meghan Barton
, Stephanie Trotter
, Tiffany C
, VJ Hatton
, Joe Titone
, Gwynn Scheltema
, Suzette Seveny
, M M English
, Brian Yee
, Marla Schecter Howard
, M. Ingibergsson
, C. Ray
, Thelma Ball
, Sara Erskine
, Tracy Campbell
, Shannon Lee
, Hailey Slaviero
, Anne Range
, Benita Hartwell
, Lindsey Andronak
, Kim Patrick
, Olivia Pellegrino
, Andrea Gillespie
, Mary-Dale Taylor
, Caley Clements
, Damen Rae
, Ellen Clarke
, Lisa Goebel
, Rodney Cross
, jen Black
, Janet Meisner
, Karen LeBlanc
, Judy Richardson
, Samantha Read
, diana kirkwood
, Lisa Mallia
, Karyn Newton
, Amanda Clarke
, Kim Wiggins
, Heather Norris
, finn mulryan
, Lisa Ostrowski
, Louise Buckmaster
, Amy Lavender Harris
, toni velthuis
, Karen Segal
, Ken Gilmour
, Linda Leitch
, Paula Ritchie
, Sarah McComb
, susan pratten
, Dian Anderson
, Claire Gear
, Cherryl Koylass
, Charles Leblanc
, Kristen Nikola
, Alex Henderson
, Rosa Cross
, Joseph Chirayil
, Melanie Solar
, Elaine Baptie
, Susan Jang
, Kristen Bach
, Hoda Montazeri
, Mitchell Schmidt
, Christopher Evans
, Madelyn Brittain
, Morgan Stewart
, Wendi Waage
, Sandra Lackie
, Jay Rawding
, Faaria Samnani
, Russell Reitsema
, Insha Khan
, Joe Mitchell
, Casey Khuu
, Anne Baldo
, Brenda Vaccarello
, MJ Malleck
, Elmira Olson
, Linda Lefler
, Kim Carswell
, Augustine Mudzudza
, CAROLINA FAMILIA
, Charly Wreggitt
, Jen Karpiuk
, Melissa Poremba
, Tanya Blake
, Chris Carvalho
, Theresa Mackey
, Sonia Navvuru
, Danielle Pigeau
, Kim Cappellina
, Bianca Jeannotte
, Marianne Ward
, Corinna Misson
, Lisa Richardson
, Lucian Childs
, Lisa Reynolds
, Shane Lange
, Macy McCubbing
, Lynn Andrews
, Helen Tubrett
, Catherine Booker
, Taryn Hubbard
, Patricia Scott
, Laura Patterson
, Lori Watson
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Rachel Edmonds
, Randi Ann Doll
, Karen Bass
, Michelle Canfield
, Diane McPherson
, Alanna King
, Lori Campbell
, Emily Johansen
, Penny Caldwell
, Penelope Penner
, Melissa Davis
, Lori Bardell
, Darlene Foster
, Tanis Anne
, Barbara Nickerson
, Lynn Bechtel
, Kim Fenton
, Jacqueline Chenier
, Janice Cournoyer
, Michelle Arsenault
, P. Thompson
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A stunning debut collection of linked short stories exploring the promises and disappointments of modern life, edited by award-winning author Alexander MacLeod.
These are the stories of the people who used to live next-door.
The characters in Sue Murtagh's outstanding debut collection of linked short stories are at a crossroads. Middle-class, middling, they wrestle with the consequences of their decisions and powerful forces outside of their control. Whether it's a volatile housing market, the ever-present threat of illness, or the slow disintegration of a marriage, this community of neighbours finds themselves trapped between the idyllic promises of the North American dream and the stark realities of modern life.
Mice infest every home a woman has ever lived in, no matter the domestic trappings. A charity golf tournament is an exercise in futility for a pair of married insurance entrepreneurs. At a community pool, profound grief manifests as rage. A grandmother's stories of generational trauma mutate in the retelling. And a suburban wildfire causes a young person to question the idea of home and the values of her parents' generation.
Packing the punch of a novel, these thirteen deftly interwoven stories scrutinize the lives of everyday people with surgical precision, while finding connection and community in the unlikeliest of places. Edited by award-winning author Alexander MacLeod, We're Not Rich is a wryly observed and deeply-thoughtful collection, where nothing is quite as it should be, but everything feels true.
