Still Life with June

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Still Life With June is the second novel by Canadian author Darren Greer, first published in 2004. It tells the story of an unsuccessful writer, Cameron Dodds, who works at a Salvation Army drug and alcohol treatment centre in an unnamed North American city and 'mines" the lives of patients there for his stories. When a client at the centre hangs himself, Dodds assumes his identity and begins visiting the dead man's mentally challenged sister June in a state-run care facility.

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Told in an atypical style, employing e-mails, positional statements, essays and short stories-within-a-novel amid short concise chapters, the novel was a critical success in Canada and the United States. It was a finalist for several literary prizes, including the Ferro-Grumley Award in the U. S., [1] and won the ReLit Award [2] in the novel category for 2004. It was optioned for film in 2006 by Amaze Films and Television.

The Ferro-Grumley Award is an annual literary award, presented by Publishing Triangle and the Ferro-Grumley Foundation to a book deemed the year's best work of LGBT fiction. The award is presented in memory of writers Robert Ferro and Michael Grumley.

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References

  1. "The Publishing Triangle: The Association of Lesbians and Gay Men in Publishing http://www.publishingtriangle.org/2006awards.asp Retrieved October 2010
  2. "Canadian Books and Authors: ReLit Awards http://www.canadianauthors.net/awards/relit_awards/novel// retrieved October 2010