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Eating too much, eating not enough, having sex, not having sex, aging parents, grief, drugs, childhood trauma, and the last call of ovaries— a woman’ s body at mid-life can get messy. Debbie Bateman’ s stories take a clear-eyed look at the largely unexplored private world of a pivotal stage in virtually every woman’ s life. These stories are linked not only by the characters, but also by the visceral themes of food, sex, exercise, beauty, and aging. The secret clenching of a fist, the unwinding of a silk scarf, the proud refusal to have breast reconstruction, the women in these stories want full authority over their bodies and their lives.

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"""A wonderful, fierce, and above all intelligent collection that grows in power with each succeeding story."" --Sharon Butala, author of Season of Fury and Wonder and Leaving Wisdom ""A hopeful and empathetic read, you'll find yourself cheering for each woman you meet."" --Stella Harvey, author of Finding Callidora ""Whether exploring menopause, anorexia, addiction or a relationship to an increasingly senile mother, these stories are so deeply rooted in the body that they can't help but get under your skin. A formidable debut."" - Barbara Joan Scott, author of The Taste of Hunger ""This collection of stories shines a light on an under-seen population: women navigating middle age. Bateman's stories honour these women with honesty, compassion, and hope."" - Julie Paul, author of Meteorites"

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Debbie Bateman is a graduate of The Writer’ s Studio at Simon Fraser University. Her short stories ""Sundowning"" and ""The Art of the Scarf"" appeared in  You Look Good for Your Age  (2021); ""The Point of Failure"" appeared in  Qwerty  (winter 2019); and ""Secret Workings"" was published in  Phoebe  (winter 2020). Now a post-menopausal woman,  Debbie  is too young to be told what she cannot do, and  she's  old enough to know  that most of us  are  a beautiful mess. A proud mother of three sons,  she  lives in Quw'utsun (Cowichan) on Vancouver Island with her husband and soulmate.

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