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Pamela Steele

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Counterpoint
08 November 2011

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Written with the precision of Cynthia Ozick and the blunt passion of Alice Munro, this riveting story takes place on a landscape-the deserts of Eastern Oregon-itself a deeply important character in this remarkable first novel.

Avery is no stranger to the weight of loss, the way it shapes and defines the expanse of a life.

The death of her sister, when Avery was just a child herself, engulfed her and her family-a mother driven mad, a father who disappeared, and all the while, neighbors and friends ignoring and surviving. The loss shades Avery's full being, becoming a deep part of her past and her future.

As a young woman, Avery's life in Eastern Oregon ranch country is filled with an acquired family- her partner Davis Lovell, a ranch hand and father figure; Lennie, Lovell's daughter; and Davis's grandparents. When Avery suffers the loss of her and Davis's newborn child, it triggers and revives in her a familiar sense of guilt, one she has carried since childhood over the disintegration of her family.

By: Pamela Steele
Imprint: Counterpoint
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 185g
ISBN: 9781582437705
ISBN 10: 158243770X
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 08 November 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Pamela Steele was born in West Virginia, and grew up between Oregon and Tennessee. She received her MFA in Poetry from Spalding University and her poetry collection Paper Bird was nominated for an Oregon Book Award in 2008. She currently teaches composition classes at Blue Mountain Community College in Hermiston, Oregon.

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Praise for Greasewood Creek <br><br> Steele offers an eloquent meditation on patterns of grief, loss, and silence between generations, with the quiet, grounded narration moving fluidly across time and slowly revealing these patterns. Most memorably, Steele reveals the unexpected details in a landscape that many might dismiss as barren. -- Publishers Weekly <br>

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