Return to Book Page Review - Vancouver Sun July 14, 2001 Review - Georgia Straight Review - The Loop June 2001 The Chick at the Back of the Church By Billie Livingston AVAILABLE 0-88971-177-1 Nightwood Editions 5.75 x 8.5 · 80 pages Paperback · $16.95 2001 "A powerful debut collection, The Chick at the Back of the Church tears through memory, long legs flashing, dust aflyin'." -The Georgia Straight "Going Down Swinging is a moving first book, and Livingston a compelling new voice - one that should be welcomed and watched." - The Globe and Mail "Livingston succeeds gorgeously in capturing the messiness and unresolvable ambiguities of familial love." - National Post "This story is intelligent and touching. . . In prose that reflects her poetic skills.. . . Livingston resists easy sentimentality at every turn." - The Toronto Star "Tough, unflinching realism ... [She] reveals an unflinching eye and a formidable grasp of the mysteries of the human heart." - The Vancouver Sun