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Glimpse

by Pete Sarsfield; Photographs by Bob Jeffery

217 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #06-2939; ISBN 1-4251-1180-7; US$17.03, C$19.59, EUR13.28, £8.80

Occasionally we achieve a clearer and deeper look at the centre through a glimpse than would have been possible if we were intimate, thickly loaded with history and expectations.

About the Book

Pete Sarsfield has written fifty-nine short non-fiction pieces, glimpses, of quickly observed life in both urban and rural Canada. Bob Jeffery has contributed fifteen of his black and white photographs, captured images which called for his attention. As Bob says, "Pete's stories and the images co-exist in this volume and give you the opportunity to consider our glimpses and potentially create your own."

For example:

At 6:00 a.m. on a January morning, with a full moon easing down over the east end of Kenora's Coney Island, near where the Narrows widen to become the Lake of the Woods, a man comes off the island and onto the walking bridge that connects to the Lakeside part of town.

He is carrying something on his shoulders and is pulling a loaded sled, moving from shadow to light between the six lights spaced along the narrow walkway. There are railings; he is safe.

The man plows through the mist that is rising from the small patch of rapid open water; then he's gone from sight.

About the Author

Bob Jeffery was introduced to the magic of photography as a young child. He recalls watching his father transform the family bathroom into a photo lab and print Christmas cards in 1964. Bob's exposure to photography grew during high school when he spent countless hours developing and printing photos on the third floor of the A building at St. Henry's Seminary. He currently lives in Sudbury, Ontario with his family Tammy, Tara, Julius, Darren, and Tracey and a few others, depending on who is hanging out in the basement.

Pete Sarsfield is the author of Report to the Naskapi Montagnais Innu Association and the Labrador Inuit Association Regarding the Health Care Delivery System in Northern Labrador (1977), Running with the Caribou (1997), Hollow Water (2000), and Suspended- Travels Close to Home (2003). He works as a medical officer of health in northwestern Ontario and lives in Kenora.

Visit the author's webpage:
www.kmts.ca