Sweet Affliction

One of the CBC's Best Books of the Year. A pregnancy test is taken at a wedding, a bad diagnosis leads a patient to a surprising outlook, and a civic holiday becomes a dystopian nightmare. By turns caustic, tender, and creepily hilarious, Sweet Affliction reveals the frailties, perversions, and resilience of Anna Leventhal's cast of city-dwellers. Shiftless youths, a compulsive collector of cigarette butts, and a dying pet rat populate fifteen sharply-observed and darkly funny stories that suck at the marrow of modern life. "It's a joy to read." — The Globe & Mail "Anna Leventhal [is] one of Montreal's quietly beloved literary personalities." — Cult MTL "A subtle yet powerful debut." —Inaudible "Sweet Affliction's reviews have been positive across the board, and rightly so. It's a collection that reads more like a mid-career statement than a tentative debut." — Montreal Gazette A Collection Of 15 Short Stories By Journey Prize-nominated Author Anna Leventhal. Gravity -- Sweet Affliction -- Moving Day -- Last Man Standing -- Horseman, Pass By -- Maitland -- Helga Volga -- Frenching The Eagle -- Glory Days -- The Shirt -- The Polar Bear At The Museum -- A Goddamn Fucking Cake -- The Yoga Teachers -- Wellspring -- A Favour. Anna Leventhal. Short Stories. Includes Bibliographical References: Page 187.