Something RemainsAndrew Christiansen, a war photographer turned cabdriver, is having a bad year. His mother has just died; his father, on the verge of a nervous breakdown, gets arrested; and he's married to a woman he doesn't love. To make matters worse, Sarah, the gifted actress from his past, storms back into his life, bringing with her a hurricane of changes and the possibility of happiness. Keeping Andrew sane is his beloved camera through which he captures the many Torontonians who ride in his taxi. Also keeping Andrew rational is his friendship with Zakhariye, a Somali-born magazine editor grieving the death of a son. Through Zakhariye we glimpse a world beyond Toronto, a world where civil wars rage and stark poverty delivers everyday sorrow and anguish. Something Remains probes the various ways humans grieve when the lives they build for themselves fall apart. It speaks of the joy we find in what remains and the hope that comes with life putting itself back together in ways we never imagined. |
Contents
when things fall apart | |
come in from the cold | |
scar tissue | |
the lavender dress | |
the magic of thought | |
the end of all things good | |
the boy who loved ants | |
the woman with tangerine hair | |
interpreter for the dead | |
how to be where we | |
holy | |
something closer to love | |
the burial | |
they come running | |
something remains | |
a pledge | |
everything put back together | |