Praise for Nina DunicsThe Clarion
A novel of small graceful moments of epiphany fleeting happenstance connections like the plaintive sound of a trumpet in the dark A wonderful and promising debutToronto Star
An entrancing debut novelThe Globe and Mail
Dunics gentle prose attentiveness and keen attention to detail is evident throughout this quiet and melancholy narrative both in its fewandfarbetween moments of notquite happiness and acceptance and in its much more frequent moments of longing and despair It is easy to see why her writing has been so well received and so well judged across the country and it is exciting to imagine who and what she will create in the years to comeSharon ChisvinWinnipeg Free Press
With her beautiful debut novel Nina Dunic takes a cleareyed look at the ways we try to fool ourselves Siblings Stasi and Peter shared a difficult and disjointed childhood but theyve taken divergent paths as adults Stasi a restless and driven wife mother and notquite executive strives to make the world bend to her will while Peter a wouldbe professional trumpet player bends for everything and everyone all too easily Alternating between her two protagonists points of view Dunic gives us heartbreaking insight into the inner monologues that nag at both characters as they each try to skirt past the deeper issues that are too painful to acknowledge Both tragic and relatableThe Clarionis an intimate portrait of two people who are keenly aware of their flaws even if they dont have the courage to confront themApple Books
The spare prose in this book is the perfect example of why less is more it gives us a snapshot into two peoples lives offered alongside descriptive writing that forces you to slow down and consider the words chosen and the meaning behind themAnne LoganIve Read Thisand CBCsThe Homestretch