This Cake Is for the Party

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This Cake Is for the Party
First edition
AuthorSarah Selecky
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
PublishedThomas Allen & Son, 2010
Pages224
ISBN978-0887625251

This Cake Is for the Party is a collection of short stories by Canadian author Sarah Selecky published by Thomas Allen & Son Limited. It was shortlisted for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize.[1]

Short stories[edit]

  • "Throwing Cotton” - A woman reuniting with her friends from university suspects her husband is cheating on her.
  • "Watching Atlas” - A man and his partner fight over her best friend who is an alcoholic.
  • "How Healthy Are You?” - A woman has a chance meeting with another woman she met during a clinical drug trial in Ottawa during her student days.
  • "Go-Manchura” - A woman tries to involve her friends in a pyramid scheme.
  • "Standing up for Janey” - After her own relationship dissolves, a woman holds an engagement party for her best friend.
  • "Where Are You Coming From, Sweetheart?” - A young girl from Sudbury living under the strict rule of her father visits her aunt and cousin in Toronto.
  • “Prognosis” - A woman confesses a set of religious miracles to her mother-in-law.
  • "Paul Farenbacher's Yard Sale” - A woman helps her neighbours sell of the possessions of the now deceased patriarch of the family.
  • "This is How We Grow as Humans” - Two former friends confront each other over lunch after one of them has an affair with the other’s boyfriend.
  • "One Thousand Wax Buddhas” - A candlemaker struggles with his wife’s mental illness.

Awards and nominations[edit]

"Throwing Cotton" was nominated for the Journey Prize in 2006.

This Cake Is for the Party was shortlisted for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize, but lost to The Sentimentalists.

References[edit]

  1. ^ (October 5, 2010). The 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize Annoces its Shortlist. newswire.ca. Retrieved October 23, 2013.