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Imbalance: An Experimental Collection of Micro Stories and Poetry

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This is an interesting example of the form, although not all the stories work as narratives and much of the poetry seems superfluous to the project.

I suspect the uniformly rave reviews here have all been written by the same person, perhaps the author herself.

Ms. Mc Guigan's work is both thought provoking and heartfelt. She captures the true view of our society like no other writer has done before. A true triumph.

This fine collection of poetry and micro-stories, a form developed and mastered by the Author, offers the reader a very simple challenge: "This is truth. Can you face it?". Christine McGuigan examines the underbelly of western culture and addresses a myriad of barbed issues including the human obsession for damaging the planet, the last taboo that is mental illness,dollar worship, addictions, TV voyeurism and prostitution. The Author combines a sledgehammer honesty with genuine sensitivity for her subjects. The haiku, whilst paying due respect to tradition, is skillfully employed as a vehicle for her powerful presentation of subject. This is a unique, conscience provoking book, crafted by a blazing talent who is surely destined for high literary status.

I was so taken with this book. Ms. McGuigan speaks for those who can not speak for themselves. McGuigan holds a mirror to our world and relfects all that too many of our current self-absorbed writers and poets have failed to do. The micro story lit. form has to be one of the most unique achievements in literature we have seen this past century.

Ms. Mc Guigan's work is both thought provoking and heartfelt. She captures the true view of our society like no other writer has done before. A true triumph.

McGuigan's "Imbalance" is one of the most literate and thought provoking books I read this past decade. Tortured, strange characters float in and out of the pieces and haunt one's mind for days. A magnificent, poetic gem! Unlike anything you have ever read before.