Darcie Friesen Hossack grew up in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, the daughter of a Mennonite mother and Seventh-day Adventist father. Traditions that may look similar from the outside, these faiths are oil to vinegar, mixing only when shaken. Quickly separating. Mennonites Don’t Dance, Darcie’s first book, won critical acclaim and landed on multiple shortlists, including the Commonwealth Prize. It was a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Award in 2011, a year dubbed “Year of the Short Story.” Darcie lives near Jasper National Park in Hinton, Alberta.
“. . . a complex treasure . . . Each story is wrapped in themes of
anger, guilt and the Mennonite work ethic. Thankfully, the jagged
edges of this treasure are gilded, occasionally, with grace and
hope.” Adelia Neufeld Wiens, Winnipeg Free Press “There’s an
unfussy purity of expression here, and of narrative control, that
sometimes recalls the short fiction of Alistair MacLeod. Images
come cleanly to the mind’s eye while the prose itself recedes. The
other MacLeodian element is Hossack’s stealthy way with emotion.
She never tells you how to feel. When you do find your heart
opening to these characters, it rises from their auth-
enticity, and a sure authorial hand with the interplay of surprise
and inevitability.” Jim Bartley, The Globe and Mail
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