Name: Whipstock
Brand: NeWest Publishers Ltd (CA)
SKU: 9781896300566
Price: 13.99 GBP
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Whipstock

The Story of an Oilfield Pregnancy

By (author): Barb Howard

Published by NeWest Publishers Ltd (CA)

In Stock

£13.99

Format: Paperback
Pages: 198
ISBN: 9781896300566
Publication Date: 09-Jul-2003

Subjects:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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'Whipstock' follows Nellie Manville, an uninhibited woman currently employed in an oil company cafeteria, and her mother Florence, who works as a landman. Beginning with an unprecedented conception atop a drilling rig, This is the story of Nellie's highly unusual two year pregnancy, amid an oil and gas consuming environment. Throughout, a historical backdrop is provided by Mary, Nellie's dead-yet-still-emailing grandmother, who was an oil divining doodlebug.

Barb Howard is an author and editor who worked as a lawyer prior to completing her MA in creative writing. She has published three novels and a collection of short stories. Her writing has appeared in anthologies and magazines across Canada, including The New Quarterly, Grain, The Dalhousie Review and Alberta Views. In 2009, Barb won the Writers Guild of Alberta Howard O'Hagan Award for short fiction. In 2012, she is shortlisted for the Howard O'Hagan Award and for the Ross Annett Award for children's literature. Barb lives in Bragg Creek, Alberta.