My dad was a real man's man, and so were my brothers, in a small town where hockey is king. It's a masculine culture. It made me really attentive to what it meant to be a guy. Lynn Coady attentivebrotherculture Change image and share on social
True adulthood occurs the moment we grasp that the people who raised us do not exist solely for our comfort and reassurance. From that point on, the steady stream of unconditional love and support we've expected from them all our lives has to flow both ways. Lynn Coady adulthoodcomfortexist share on social
Never use dogs to symbolize anything. That is ridiculous. Always ensure that any dogs are just dogs; i.e., characters in the story who happen to be dogs. Lynn Coady characterdogensure Change image and share on social
I was always watching the boys and how they interacted. It comes with being a feminist, just somebody who thinks a lot about gender and how it plays out in society. Lynn Coady boyfeministgender Change image and share on social
The thing about relationships is, the stronger they get, the more rapidly the realm of romance starts to overlap with the domestic. Lynn Coady domesticoverlaprapidly Change image and share on social
That's all small talk is - a quick way to connect on a human level - which is why it is by no means as irrelevant as the people who are bad at it insist. In short, it's worth making the effort. Lynn Coady badconnecteffort Change image and share on social
Here's the thing about lingerie: The only time we see it outside our own bedrooms, it is on women who are gloriously freakish in their physical perfection. Lynn Coady bedroomfreakishgloriously Change image and share on social
I would never have thought my collection of short stories would win the Giller. Lynn Coady collectiongillershort Change image and share on social
We live in a society that celebrates familial connection above any other kind of relationship. We are shown photos of our great-grandparents and encouraged to marvel over facial similarities. We are told to take pride in our bloodlines, celebrate our ancestry. Lynn Coady ancestrybloodlinecelebrate share on social
We are all somebody's children, and when we're in pain, we regress, instinctively looking to our parents to make everything better. Lynn Coady childinstinctivelymake Change image and share on social
