Once

Rosenblum’s stories are urban with a strong contemporary feel. The stories record incidents in the lives of twenty-somethings - students, techies in an office building, a girl toiling in the warehouse of a wholesale fruit and vegetable distributor, a boy who hustles for drug money, waitresses.These are constricted and often random lives and Rosenblum’s vision mercilessly portrays their shapelessness. Here you will find no epiphanies, no moral simplifications, nary a single wispy apercu. These stories with their brilliant and innovative handling of dialogue break the Canadian mold. With her first book Rosenblum has achieved what writers long for, a voice and style uniquely hers and experiences that engage and grip readers.