Tall Stuff - Linder, Norma West

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Résumé :
Tall Stuff is Singing in the Rain meets Love Story. Tall Stuff is a classic loves story based in small town, Sunfield. In a simple but sophisticated way, Tall Stuff, is an unpretentious, sometimes humourous, story about the mysteries of true love and infatuation. This heart felt story asks the reader to look at the question: what are the consequences of falling in love with the wrong person? According to Webster's, an obsession is a persistent, disturbing preoccupation with an idea or feeling. For Tori Walker, aka - Tall Stuff, the overwhelming feeling is for Mitch Ames, an engineer who has moved into her apartment building. He's the proverbial tall, dark, and handsome male. Convinced he's the only man for her, she can think of nothing but Mitch Ames, though at twenty-seven she berates herself for behaving like a smitten teenager. Humour enlivens the story, but when Tori finally succeeds in her romantic quest to win the man of her dreams, the wise adage proves true: Be careful what you wish for.

Biographie:
Norma West Linder was born in Toronto, spent her childhood on Manitoulin Island, and teenage years in Muskoka. She is a member of, The Writers' Union of Canada, The Ontario Poetry Society, WITS (Writers International Through Sarnia) and Past President of the Sarnia Branch of the Canadian Authors Assoc. Linder is the author of 5 novels, 14 collections of poetry, a memoir of Manitoulin Island, two children's books, and a biography of Pauline McGibbon. For 24 years she was on the faculty of Lambton College in Sarnia, teaching English and Creative Writing, retiring in 1992. For 7 years she wrote a monthly column for the Sarnia Observer. Her short stories have been published internationally and broadcast on the CBC. Her poetry has been published in, Fiddlehead, White Wall Review, Room of One's Own, Quills, Prairie Journal, FreeFall Magazine, Mobius, and other periodicals. In 2006 she compiled and edited Enchanted Crossroads for The Ontario Poetry Society. Her latest publications are collections of poems entitled, When Angels Weep, Lovely as a Tree, and Adder's Tongues. A collection of her short stories was released in August of 2013, entitled No Common Thread, published by Hidden Brook Press. In 2014, Two Paths Through the Seasons, a poetry book featuring Linder and James Deahl was published in Israel. In 2016, Hidden Brook Press published, The Pastel Planet, a children's book. Her poem Valediction was set to music by composer Jeffrey Ryan, performed in Toronto by the Tefelmusik Baroque Orchestra. She lives in Sarnia, Ontario with poet James Deahl. When not writing, Linder enjoys reading, swimming, and photography. She has two daughters and a son.