Orioles in the Oranges

Set off the southern shores of Ontario, on Pelee Island surrounded by the waters of Lake Erie, the poems in this collection tell parallel stories of women who find common ground in ancient Native American Métis folktales and modern times. Intertwined throughout are two distinct female voices—a young woman struggles to let go of her lover, an elderly woman distraught and abandoned by her husband. Weaving together these coinciding lives, together they dovetail, grappling with the pull of physical and psychic places found in the experience of finding and losing love.