{"product_id":"this-unlikely-soil-9781773860985","title":"This Unlikely Soil","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThis Unlikely Soil\u003c\/i\u003e, prize-winning writer Andrea Routley delivers stories of queer women navigating love and life against the lush, isolated backdrop of Canada's West Coast.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A dog that bites, a bear suffering from a hemorrhoid, an aggressive willow tree, berried-up Dungeness crabs and erotic mussels... The dense West-Coast landscape of\u003ci\u003e This Unlikely Soil \u003c\/i\u003eechoes the fraught search for connection of the rural-dwelling queer characters in this quintet of novellas. Finalist for the Malahat Review Novella Prize, this sophomore collection from Lambda Literary Award-finalist Andrea Routley explores the queer state of wandering, violence, and loss with surprising humour and compassion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Routley\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and editor. Her work has appeared in literary magazines, such as \u003ci\u003eGeist\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Fiddlehead Review\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2020, her novella, \u003ci\u003eThis Unlikely Soil\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the Malahat Review Novella Prize. Her debut collection, \u003ci\u003e Jane and the Whales\u003c\/i\u003e (Caitlin Press, 2013), was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. She is an MFA candidate at UBC (Okanagan) where she is at work on her third book. Though a small-town queer at heart, she currently resides in Vancouver, BC\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Caitlin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50486665216274,"sku":"9781773860985","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_baed0fc0-9f9f-4c96-8161-89e3610c7c02.jpg?v=1730432787","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-unlikely-soil-9781773860985","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}