Six metres of pavement: a novel
General fiction
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Ismail Boxwala made the worst mistake of his life one summer morning twenty years ago: he forgot his baby daughter in the back seat of his car. After his daughter's tragic death, a divorce, years of heavy drinking, and sex… with strangers only leave him more alone and isolated. But Ismail's story begins to change after he reluctantly befriends two women: Fatima, a young queer activist kicked out of her parents' home; and Celia, his grieving Portuguese-Canadian neighbour, who lives just six metres away. Descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2011.