*Winner 2004 Saskatchewan Book Award for First Book*Nominated for the 2004 Saskatchewan Book Award for FictionThe stories in The Beauty Box are traditional in the way they offer familiar settings, events, and characters, and the way Dunlops quietMore*Winner 2004 Saskatchewan Book Award for First Book*Nominated for the 2004 Saskatchewan Book Award for FictionThe stories in The Beauty Box are traditional in the way they offer familiar settings, events, and characters, and the way Dunlops quiet voice directs our attention.
However, they evolve beyond tradition in the controlled, purposeful way that Dunlops details are measured. Her appreciation for minutiae whether it be the meticulous attention to dress expressed by a gay bachelor or the ritual motions of snakes in a well house create indelible moments and lead the reader into Dunlops characters fortunes.