The End of the Ice Age
The End of the Ice Age brings together twelve tales of hardscrabble characters circling in their lonely orbits. These are stories of unfulfilled expectations, infidelities and small though ultimately meaningful victories that allow us to withstand greater losses. This could be Carver territory if it was not so obviously Young's world. These stories will linger with you for a long time.
Terence Young: Terence Young is the author of four previous books, including The Island in Winter (nominated for the Governor General's Award for Poetry and the Gerald Lampert Award), Rhymes with Useless (nominated for the Danuta Gleed Award) and Moving Day, which was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Award. He helped co-found The Claremont Review, a journal for young writers, and lives with poet and fiction writer Patricia Young.