www.freehand-books.com freehand bo falloks 2016 sales representation ordering info headquarters ampersand inc. 515, 815 1st Street sw western canada eastern canada canada Vancouver Office Head Office LitDistCo Calgary, ab t2p 1n3 2440 Viking Way 321 Carlaw Avenue, Suite 213 100 Armstrong Ave. Richmond, British Columbia Toronto, Ontario Georgetown, Ontario telephone v6v 1n2 m4m 2s1 l7g 5s4 t 604.448.7111 t 416.703.0666 t 1.800.591.6250 403.452.5662 f 604.448.7118 f 416.703.4745 f 1.800.591.6251 t (toll free) 800.561.8583 t (toll free) 866.736.5620 [email protected] facsimile f (toll free) 888.323.7118 f (toll free) 866.849.3819 403.233.0001 united states british columbia/alberta/ ontario/nunavut Broadview Press yukon/nwt Saffron Beckwith 555 Riverwalk Parkway website Cheryl Fraser [email protected] Tonawanda, New York www.freehand-books.com [email protected] ext 124 14150 t 604.448.7165 Vanessa Di Gregorio t 705.743.8990 f Dani Farmer [email protected] 705.743.8353 [email protected] managing editor Anna Boyar [email protected] ext 122 t 604.448.7168 [email protected] Karen Beattie uk, ireland and continental europe Ali Hewitt [email protected] Eurospan Group [email protected] ext 120 3 Henrietta Street t 604.448.7166 design by Natalie Olsen, Kisscut Design Scott Fraser London wc2e 8lu [email protected] United Kingdom Vancouver Island ext 121 t +44 (0) 1767 604972 Freehand Books gratefully acknowledges the Lorna MacDonald f +44 (0) 1767 601640 Jenny Enriquez support of the Canada Council for the Arts [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] and the Alberta Media Fund for its publishing t 250.382.1058 f 250.383.0697 ext 126 program. australia and new zealand Ryan Muscat Footprint Books Freehand Books acknowledges the financial alberta/manitoba/ [email protected] 1/6a Prosperity Parade support for its publishing program from the saskatchewan ext 122 Warriewood, nsw 2102 Government of Canada through the Canada Judy Parker Australia Book Fund. [email protected] eastern ontario t +61 2 9997 3973 t 204.837.4374 Scott Fraser f +61 2 9997 3185 f 866.276.2599 [email protected] [email protected] ext 121 atlantic provinces Ali Hewitt quebec [email protected] Jenny Enriquez t 800.561.8583 [email protected] f 604.448.7118 ext 126 The Weather Inside a novel by emily saso

It’s summer in Toronto and the snow and ice is relentless. Too bad no one but Avery can see it.

Avery Gauthier can’t get far enough away from her past: the death of her beloved father, the abuse she suffered as a teen, and the religion that tore her parents apart. A reality-refugee, she has managed to keep the chaos of her former life at bay. . . until now.

When her husband returns to the Jehovah’s Witnesses, her estranged mother wants back in, and the snow — invisible to everyone but Avery — piles up and up and up, Avery is forced to face her greatest fears. She looks to the outside for help, to her mysterious superintendent and the comforts of a local weatherman, only to realize that the solutions lie where the problem does: within.

A twisted, darkly funny and redemptive tale, The Weather Inside will leave you wondering where the line is drawn between what’s real and what’s imagined, and why love alone is never enough.

Emily Saso is an author of surrealist fiction. She supports her writing habit with a marketing job at a bank and blogs about her literary trials and triumphs at egoburn.blogspot.ca. The Weather Inside is her isbn 978-1-98829-800-9 debut novel. $21.95 cdn/us 6 × 9 paperback 288 pages World rights author appearances: Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary [ national fic019000 (fiction/literary) advertising [ national targeted review mailing [ pitches to literary festivals fic061000 (fiction/magical realism) 1 Teardown stories by clea young

In Teardown, Clea Young navigates the whitewater of relationships — familial and romantic, between friends new and old.

Her stories seize on instances that, at the outset, appear benign — a woman encountering an old boyfriend on a BC ferry, a father chaperoning his daughter’s class on a field trip, a young waitress’ burgeoning friendship with a co-worker — but are in fact fraught, often pivotal times in her characters’ lives.

The stories in this arresting debut collection are populated with people you know and people you’ve been. They’re arguing about lamps in IKEA, drinking gin and tonics on a dock in summer, unemployed and without prospects. But under Young’s astute gaze they are anything but ordinary. With sharp, invigorated prose she guides us through shoals and rapids alike, along the way paying homage to our missteps, our foibles, and ultimately to the complicated hearts that comprise a life.

Clea Young’s stories have appeared in Event, Grain, The Fiddlehead, The Malahat Review, Prairie Fire and Room. Her work has been included in The Journey Prize Stories three times, and she has twice been shortlisted for the prize. In 2014, a selection of Clea’s stories was featured in Coming Attractions 13 (Oberon Press). Originally from Victoria, BC, Clea moved to Vancouver to complete an MFA isbn 978-1-98829-801-6 in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. $19.95 cdn/us She is currently Artistic Associate at the Vancouver Writers 5.5 × 8.5 paperback 160 pages Fest. Clea lives in False Creek with her husband and son. Canadian rights Author Appearances: Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa [ national fic029000 (fiction/short stories) advertising [ national targeted review mailing [ pitches to literary festivals fic019000 (fiction/literary) 2 Teardown fiction perfect world stories by clea young white elephant Ian Colford Catherine Cooper

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