{"product_id":"9780864921673","title":"Dressing for Hope","description":"Lorna Jackson's characters earn every scrap of comfort they get, sexual and otherwise. In the title story of \u003ci\u003eDressing for Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, a bar singer finds her \"future is getting crowded\" when two ex-lovers turn up at the Hope Hotel to catch her gig, a third is on his way, and #2 gives her a phone message from #4. From the tiny stage, she notices the Harley women. \"I admire how every step and glance is a sexual act. Their nail polish is libido. They wear tri-coloured rosebud tattoos in places I barely wash. They are as alert as I am to the mood of the room and pass through.\" \"Round River\" uses Paul Bunyan yarns to ease communication among a newcomer to a BC logging town, her lumberman lover Duff, and his very attractive 20-year-old son. Her deeply rooted inner conflicts almost sour the three-way relationship. But Duff finds the centre of peace and understanding for them all in a metaphor of work. \"My father used to say, 'Hand-falling trees was so quiet,' but I've done it, too, and I know there's no difference. ... The bounce of timber hitting dirt is loud no matter how it was cut or who cut it.\"","brand":"Goose Lane Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65420089950557,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9780864921673","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}