About the Book

Iguana Books, Spring 2021

 

When Genevieve Chornenki escapes a brush with blindness, things never looked better—city pigeons, people, stainless steel pots. But questions about her experience linger: Who was responsible for her close call? Can she safeguard other people’s eyesight? How do our eyes work, anyway, and why do they give so much pleasure? With a newborn baby and a background in dispute resolution, Genevieve sets her sights on answers. The results aren’t always what she went looking for.  

Don't Lose Sight is the author’s quest, pursued with humour, hubris, and tenacity. 

 

 

     Read the Preface here.

 

 

  

About the Author

 

Genevieve Chornenki is a disputeresolution consultant and emerging writerbased in Toronto, Canada. When she wasin grade 4, the teacher noted on herreport card, “Has excellent story-writingability which should be encouraged asmuch as possible.” No one in the familynoticed. Nor did first prize for poetry inhigh school relieve her of householdchores like washing dishes and sweepingthe kitchen floor. Eventually, she figured out that writing is about persistence, notpermission. It also helps to have somethingto say. Genevieve holds a Master of Lawsin Alternative Dispute Resolution fromOsgoode Hall Law School, a Certificate inCreative Writing from the University ofToronto, and a Certificate in Publishingfrom Ryerson University. Her works includeBypass Court: A Dispute ResolutionHandbook and When Families StartTalking, a CBC Ideas radio documentary.

 

Contact: gac@chornenki.com

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