The Truth About Love

Lori A. Dunn is an ESL teacher, instructional designer, and freelance
writer in New Westminster, B.C.

The Truth About Love brings together Patrick Roscoe’s previously
published short fiction, along with many new additions. Each of the
stories examines some aspect of loss, whether a loss of love, innocence,
curiosity, faith, or even sanity. Many stories are linked through
recurring characters. For example, a story told from a child’s
perspective details a boy’s trauma when he is separated from his
mother and later befriends what appears to be his anima; in a later
story, subtle references lead us back to the same boy, now an adult,
falling into madness.

In these very inward-looking stories, the internal lives of the
well-rounded characters are always at the fore, captivating yet
disturbing. Poetic descriptions leaven the book’s dark themes. Patrick
Roscoe is an important voice in Canadian fiction.