Motherish

copyright © Laura Rock Gaughan 2018

Turnstone Press

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Winnipeg, MB

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Turnstone Press gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund, and the Province of Manitoba through the Book Publishing Tax Credit and the Book Publisher Marketing Assistance Program.

Cover photograph: Shutterstock 579250834

Printed and bound by Friesens in Canada.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Gaughan, Laura Rock, 1964-, author

Motherish / Laura Rock Gaughan.

Short stories

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-0-88801-641-6 (softcover).--ISBN 978-0-88801-642-3 (EPUB).ISBN 978-0-88801-644-7 (PDF).--ISBN 978-0-88801-643-0 (Kindle)

I. Title.

PS8613.A9365M68 2018 C813’.6 C2018-902848-3
C2018-902849-1