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HANNAHHOLBORN.CA.. FIERCE Reviews
"Holborn's double high-wire act leaps effortlessly between funny and tragic...(her)visuals are cinematic..."--The Globe and Mail
"(Holborn) expertly captures the mishmash of First Nations culture, warmed-over New Age flummery and fast-food franchise creep typical of communities on the last disappearing frontier...treat yourself to (Fierce's)unique mix of irreverence, compassion and horse laughs.--The National Post
"The best stories may be short, but never small; in fact, the ones that move us most deeply embody whole worlds. Such is true of the tough tales in Fierce, the debut collection by British Columbia's Hannah Holborn...The sassy grit of her characters and their tenacious humour - wry, raw, even twisted - get them through. Now and then, naked emotion pierces through their stubborn wit, like a shard of glass."--The Montreal Gazette
"(Holborn's) collection of varied tales (has) tragedy and violent drama crackling with comedic noir and irony that borders tenderly-spun farce."--North Shore Outlook
"The stories in “Fierce” contain beautiful writing, offbeat characters, and strange scenarios...there is humanity and honesty in this collection that really makes it work."--Grande Prairie Ink
"The short stories and final novella in this collection are like backstories to those pictures you run across where something strange and maybe slightly soiled is happening in medias res and you wonder what led up to the moment."--scotchneat.ca
"Electric with wit and insight. Sassy (and) sexy."--Lisa Moore
"I loved the bizarre worlds created in these stories. Magical, surreal, and yet too real, almost too painful, as the characters grieve, hope, and dream."--Ania Vesenny
"Fresh, tough, and thoroughly addictive, this sparkling debut collection (FIERCE) calls to mind the beloved and bestselling works of Lisa Moore, Camilla Gibb, and Mark Haddon."
With an irresistible combination of playfulness and empathy, these effervescent, sometimes heartbreaking tales of underachieving adults, unfairly burdened children, and the unaccountably hopeful of all ages explore the moments of grace in lives that are too often defined by loss.
A punky young woman comes to terms with the accident that took away all of her family except the grandmother who believes she is a bird, and an aging prospector — a woman — discovers that a physical “curse” might have been something of a blessing all along. “The Indian Act” is a compact coming-of-age story, charting the journey of a boy who, though bounced through many foster homes, holds on to the dream of love and unconditional acceptance; and in the novella “River Rising,” three generations in a small town struggle toward joy despite the accidents of fate and the foolish mistakes that almost, but not quite, derail their lives.
A book for the fiercely determined!
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Hannah Holborn has taught life skills to aboriginal women, inner city youth, and the mentally ill, and manages a rehabilitation program for survivors of aquired brain injury. She is a recipient of a Canada Council Grant for the Arts. Her prize winning stories have appeared in numerous journals including "Room of One's Own" and "Front and Centre".