Download or read book In the Body written by Allison Baggio and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Stories. Allison Baggio explores the connection between the physical and spiritual worlds with In the Body, a collection of 12 short stories and the novella As She Was. Baggio s range of voice and breadth of vision are showcased in stories like Spilt Milk, where an ordinary fare leads an Indo - Canadian taxi driver, who is unhappy with his current circumstances, to marry his passenger s unattractive sister. In Possessed, a man receives a heart transplant and begins to suspect that his new heart is still attached to its old owner. The novella follows a teenage girl who, after a motorcycle accident, is left with a serious brain injury that dramatically alters her personality and body. The five people closest to her must reflect on who she was in order to come to terms with who she has become. In the Body is a stunning examination of the clash between how we perceive our own bodies and how we are perceived by others.