In 'Angels' Share,' Evelyn is a weary kayaker who approaches strangers at a campfire. She's eaten her last tin of sardines, but she's hungry for more than just food. "Evelyn sees them register her helpless clothes, her gray-streaked hair. Notes their appraisal: she is alone at a time of life when she shouldn't be. She is careful to sit apart, for she smells. Hellos and small-talk-in the fire-circle everyone is automatically friendly."; There are eleven more stories of insatiable desire. Shortlisted for the Giller. 1-55192-451-X

[Spring 2003 BCBW]