How to Be Alone

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Publication Year:
2023

ISBN-13: 9781773102863

<p><b>A breathtaking duet of spare, poetic novellas documenting the double-edged sword of self-acceptance. </b></p><p>Heather Nolan returns with <i>How to Be Alone</i>, a pair of novellas that depict the euphoric highs of a Queer awakening and the crushing lows of feeling Othered in a world that isn&#8217;t built for you. In this short but weighty book, Nolan explores themes such as isolation, trauma, and loss against the vibrant streets of Montreal. Here, in a city famous for bringing people together, the streets serve as a palette with a different purpose: a foil for those struggling to connect with the world around them. </p><p><i>How to Be Alone on Boulevard Saint-Laurent</i> follows a fragmented trail left by Kaitlin, a narrator who finds moments of astonishing absurdity and beauty in the mundane as she wanders along Boulevard Saint-Laurent. In <i>How to Be Alone on Rue Sainte Catherine</i>, Lev moves to the Gay Village in Montreal to escape his mother, but what he finds is not what he expected. </p><p>A writer of uncommon talent, Nolan creates characters that reveal themselves through an understated confessional &#8212; the empty spaces holding meaning as much as the worded ones. </p>