The Signs of No
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The Signs of No

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The Signs of No

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Rose is divorced, fifty, and estranged from her daughter. At a student art opening on a rainy March evening she meets Morrison, a genial hoarder and womb-twin survivor, who leads us to Abbey, a dancer who is losing the chance to become a mother, who leads us to Iris, a bright ten-year-old doing her best to handle her family breaking apart.

When her daughter vanishes completely, Rose seeks out her old friend Mab, the cheerful keeper of little bad signs. Following her only clue, a postcard bearing just a signature and a photo of a pristine lake, Rose chases after her daughter and her past mistakes. A ghost on the shore of Maxhamish Lake may hold the key to the true mystery, one unknown even to Rose, buried deep in the heart.

The Signs of No is a story of guilt and grief, of finding one's footing in middle life, and of discovery and reinvention. It traces the spiderweb cracks of invisible loss, common and uncommon, the losses that go without memorial or acknowledgment. It is a story about women, about motherhood, and the ways middle-aged women are underestimated, even by themselves.

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Publisher
University of Calgary Press
Year
2024
ISBN
9781773854847
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. 1The Time Before
  2. Signs
  3. 5Rose
  4. 53Abbey
  5. 58Rose
  6. 68Morrison
  7. 70Morrison
  8. Meetings
  9. 79Morrison
  10. 82Abbey
  11. 86Rose
  12. 91Mab
  13. 95Rose
  14. 103Morrison
  15. 105Abbey
  16. 111Iris
  17. 114The Time Between
  18. 115Rose
  19. 121Mab
  20. 125Morrison
  21. 129Rose
  22. 131Abbey
  23. 135Parker
  24. 136Abbey and Iris
  25. 139Parker
  26. 141Iris
  27. 144Parker
  28. 146Dave
  29. 149Rose
  30. 158Seeing Red
  31. 166Abbey
  32. 171Morrison
  33. The Eye of Gone
  34. 175Rose
  35. 184Morrison
  36. 187Rose
  37. 189Morrison
  38. 191Rose
  39. Departures
  40. 195Rose
  41. 210Abbey
  42. 215Mab
  43. Life
  44. 223Rose
  45. 227Abbey
  46. 229Parker
  47. 231Rose
  48. 237Rose
  49. 240Abbey
  50. 244Morrison
  51. 247Rose
  52. 250Abbey
  53. 252Dave
  54. 260Byrd
  55. 266Morrison
  56. 268Stella
  57. 270Abbey
  58. 276Rose
  59. 279Abbey
  60. 282Mab
  61. 284Byrd
  62. 285Iris
  63. 289Rose
  64. 294Abbey
  65. 297Dave
  66. 301Rose
  67. 304Parker
  68. 307Rose
  69. 311Parker
  70. 316Morrison
  71. 327Parker
  72. 329Rose
  73. 332Parker
  74. 333Iris
  75. 334Morrison
  76. 336Rose
  77. 340Abbey
  78. 342Rose
  79. 347Byrd
  80. 350Dave
  81. 352Rose
  82. 362Iris and Dave
  83. 364Mercy
  84. 371Acknowledgments