Description:

The collection of short stories that won the 2005 Thesis Award from Notre Dame de Namur University’s English Department takes the reader through six journeys in its characters’ lives. A priest retiring from his isolated parish in a Canadian fishing village travels west to find new ways of life and new friends. A young man faces the reality of his inability to connect with his world. A “confirmed bachelor” fantasizes about tuning up the life of others and finds himself in need of a tune up. Another bachelor travels to Paris, causing minor incidents while reflecting on his failed relationship. A married woman discovers a new kind of attraction outside of her quiet suburban life. An American family finds itself framed in dreams and thoughts of modernist fiction (Virginia Woolf) while visiting London.