Shrinking Violets

by Heidi Greco

Reggie works as a supermarket cashier. A single mother and a former victim of wife abuse, she craves only for a normal life. Just when she thinks she's found the man who can offer her the stability she needs, things take a horrific turn. Shrinking Violets is tautly written with enough surprises to keep the reader thoroughly engaged.

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2011

About the author

After moving around quite a lot, I settled on Canada's West Coast in 1970. While studying at university (more than one), I had a few poems published, but then abandoned writing for just about 20 years.
I'm glad I came back, and can't imagine not writing ever again (they'll have to pry the pen out of my hand at the end, I am sure).
My books have mostly been collections of poetry, though a novella, Shrinking Violets snuck its way onto the list in 2011.
Now, ten years later, my newest book, Glorious Birds is here. It isn't poetry or even fiction, but personal musings on one of my all-time favourite films, Harold and Maude. Yes, I did a bunch of research, so I've included plenty of info about the screenwriter, the director, some of the actors, and the music. Mostly, it's a love song to, as Mary (in There's Something About Mary) calls it, "the greatest love story ever!"