"Homebound is a jewel box of a book, each story in it an exquisite gem that is beautifully cut and polished. Get ready to be dazzled."
— Neil Smith, author of Jones and Boo
"In this slyly clever, poignant collection, Quirion tells of ordinary people and the small, hilarious, touching moments of their lives. While each story is its own colourful yarn, it is the collection as a whole that is so special. These stories weave together into a unique fabric of hometown life in Eastern Quebec."
— Sabrina Reeves, author of Little Crosses
"A raucous exercise in spelunking through the layers of oneself. Homebound recollects the misadventures of youth with unflinching attention to the details often forgotten on purpose, and the parts of life that cannot be romanticized away."
— Ceilidh Michelle, author of Vagabond: Venice Beach, Slab City and Points in Between
Homebound
Homebound is a collection of 34 very short stories—a tapestry of life in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. Nostalgic, humorous, and offbeat, these pocket-sized anecdotes give ordinary people and places a little room to stretch their tired legs.
In “Jugular,” a junior slaughterhouse employee graduates from killing poultry to livestock. An imperfectly bilingual depanneur cashier confronts an unpleasant blue-collar Quebecois in “Cigarettes.” In the final story “Flamingo,” a depressed Richard wanders the wilderness naked after his penis is amputated.
These are stories you may or may not remember.