Stations of The Heart

Darlene Madott, as a teller of interconnected love stories — stories about women, and the men who enter and exit their lives — has a way of circling moments of unresolved emotional ambiguity, circling until, with a sudden intensity, she slices directly to the heart of experience. What is remarkable about Madott’s women is that they remain open and vulnerable despite betrayal and sorrow: from station to station, they carry their crosses. Each is on a singular pilgrimage, intent on embracing life openly and willingly, seeking something rare in our times — communion with the self through communion with another.

Darlene Madott is a Toronto lawyer and writer. She has worked editorially for Saturday Night and Toronto Life magazines, and written book reviews for the Globe and Mail. She has published the collection of stories Bottled Roses, a film script Mazilli’s Shoes, and the collection Joy, Joy, Why Do I Sing? She has received the 2002 Paolucci Prize from the Italian American Writers’ Association, the Bressani Literary Award, 2008, and has published in Accenti magazine, Italian Canadian Voices, More Sweet Lemons 2, a special Sicilian edition of Descant and Bravo!