A Bird on Every Tree Contributor(s): Bruneau, Carol (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771085029 ISBN-13: 9781771085021 Publisher: Vagrant Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
Dewey: 813.54 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" L (0.50 lbs) 152 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Demographic Orientation - Small Town |
Features: Price on Product |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/07/2017 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Carol Bruneau, author of six acclaimed works of fiction (most recently, These Good Hands), brings her finely honed voice to 12 new stories about shifting concepts of Nova Scotian identity. In The Race, a war bride's remarkable life trajectory unfolds as she competes in an international swim marathon in the Northwest Arm. Strain erupts between a Haligonian couple in Burning Times, while they struggle to keep track of one another, both physically and emotionally, on an Italian vacation. In Polio Beach, cousins gather oceanside over the will of a recently deceased aunt who once saved one of them from drowning. Writing with empathy, humour, and linguistic precision, Bruneau follows characters who find themselves connected to Nova Scotia by birth, through attempts at escape and new beginnings, or as a temporary resting place, always carrying with them their own idiosyncratic and complex definitions of home. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bruneau, Carol: - Carol Bruneau is the author of six books, including the recent These Good Hands. Her first novel, Purple for Sky, won the 2001 Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and the Dartmouth Book Award. Her 2007 novel, Glass Voices, was a Globe and Mail Best Book. Her reviews, stories, and essays have appeared nationwide in newspapers, journals, and anthologies. A mother of three sons, she lives with her husband in Halifax, where she teaches writing at NSCAD University. |
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