Fiction. Meet Walter Finch, an ungainly kid who survives his cloying suburban childhood to make it only as far as the local mall, where he rises through the ranks to become manager of a shoe store. Unlike his other childhood friends who either flee suburbia or remain as resigned fixtures, Walter is content with his lot and finds the shoe store an ideal environment in which to pursue his grand ambition: designing the perfect woman's shoe. As he delves further into his passion, alone in his apartment at night, Walter comes to believe that his path will ultimately lead him to the perfect foot to fit his creation. On an all-consuming mission to find his princess, Walter is plunged into a separate reality, his own fairytale. As things spin steadily out of control, Walter's eventual salvation arrives in an unlikely form, should he choose to recognize and accept it.

Author City: TORONTO, ON CAN

Bonnie Bowman's debut novel, Skin (Anvil Press, 2000), won the inaugural ReLit Award. Her writing has been published in subTerrain, The Vancouver Review, Reader's Digest, and in the anthologies Exact Fare Only I (2001) and Body Breakdowns (2007), both from Anvil Press. Bonnie is also a songwriter, journalist, freelance writer and has been a finalist for the Western Magazine Awards. SPAZ (Anvil Press, 2010) is her second novel.

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