Bøger af Francine Cunningham

"A whimsical and lyrical celebration of imagination and exploration if we simply asked, "What if . . ." Follow two siblings through their day as they let their imaginations run wild in this joyful story about all the possibilities a simple "what if" can conjure up: What if the monsters in your closet wanted to be your friend? What if all of the dinosaurs were shrunk to be teeny-tiny when the comet hit the earth? And what if bedtime didn't exist and we could imagine anything we wanted? What If Bedtime Didn't Exist? places an Urban Indigenous family at the heart of a fun and fantastical celebration of daydreaming, adventure, and play while living in the city. The tenderness and care in this intergenerational home is seen through relationships with all members in the family. Mathias Ball's vibrant illustrations bring each page of acclaimed author Francine Cunningham's debut picture book to life. What If Bedtime Didn't Exist? opens up new spaces for creativity and endless possibilities into our everyday world."--

For fans of Chuck Palahniuk, Joyce Carol Oates, and Karen Russell, the stories in Francine Cunninghams debut collection God Isnt Here Today ricochet between form and genre, taking readers on a dark, irreverent, yet poignant journey led by a unique and powerful new voice.Driven by desperation into moments of transformation, Cunninghams characters are presented with moments of choicesome for the better and some for the worse. A young man goes to Gods office downtown for advice; a woman discovers she is the last human on Earth; an ice cream vendor is driven insane by his trucks song; an ageing stripper uses undergarments to enact her escape plan; an incubus tires of his professional grind; and a young woman inherits a power that has survived genocide, but comes with a burden of its own.Even as they flirt with the fantastic, Cunninghams stories unfold with the innate elegance of a spring fern, reminding us of the inherent dualities in human natureand that redemption can arise where we least expect it.

Debut poet Francine Cunningham explores what it means to grow up as an Indigenous, "white passing" young woman in urban Vancouver.