The Pious Robber

by Harriet Richards

*Winner 2013 Saskatchewan Book Award for Fiction

*Shortlisted for the 2013 Saskatchewan Book Award for Book of the Year

Few writers have Harriet Richards’ understanding of childhood, and fewer still can evoke the never-lost child at the heart of our adult experience. Richards' new collection is deft, comic, and poignant.

159 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2012

Reviews

[Sally Ito · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a book of short stories that explores in a kind of fable like way the minds of women and children; the title story, The Pious Robber, which is at the end of the book, is about two prescient girls who encounter a befuddled escaped fugitive whom they somehow take under their care and depose of in a secretive way. The way Richards describes the minds of the girls is at once tender and terrifyingly perceptive. I loved almost all of the stories in this collection. It was a real gem to read.

[Meg · Rating 4 out of 5]

lovely lovely short stories

[Nancy Lovell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lyrical. Deftly written. This collection of stories demonstrates just how good Richards is in finding the authentic voice of the characters. My favourite? The title story. The drifter's voice is entirely true.