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Good to a Fault
de Endicott, Marina
- Nuevo
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Nuevo
- ISBN 10
- 1551119994
- ISBN 13
- 9781551119991
- Librería
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Freehand Books, 2009. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. New. 23-15-4. New - Unread For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos In A Moment Of Self-Absorption, Clara Purdy'S Life Takes A Sharp Left Turn When She Crashes Into A Beat-Up Car Carrying An Itinerant Family Of Six. The Gage Family Had Been Travelling To A New Life In Fort Mcmurray, But Bruises On The Mother, Lorraine, Prove To Be Late-Stage Cancer Rather Than Remnants Of The Accident. Recognizing Their Need As Her Responsibility, Clara Tries To Do The Right Thing And Moves The Children, Husband And Horrible Grandmother Into Her Own House-Then Has To Cope With The Consequences Of Practical Goodness. As Lorraine Walks The Borders Of Death, Clara Expands Into Life, Finding Purpose, Energy And Unexpected Love Amidst The Hard, Unaccustomed Work Of Sharing Her Days. But The Burden Is Not Clara'S Alone: Lorraine'S Children Must Cope With Divided Loyalties And Lorraine Must Live With Her Growing, Unpayable Debt To Clara-And The Feeling That Clara Has Taken Her Place. What, Exactly, Does It Mean To Be Good? When Is Sacrifice Merely Selfishness? What Do We Owe In This Life And What Do We Deserve? Marina Endicott Looks At Life And Death Through The Compassionate Lens Of A Born Novelist: Being Good, Being At Fault, And Finding Some Balance On The Precipice.
Sinopsis
MARINA ENDICOTT won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book, Canada and the Caribbean, and was a finalist for the prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel, Good to a Fault . Her first novel, Open Arms , was shortlisted for the Amazon/ Books in Canada First Novel Award. Endicott has been an actor, director, playwright and editor, and now lives in Edmonton, Alberta, where she teaches at the University of Edmonton and writes.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Alright Bookstore
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 001643
- Título
- Good to a Fault
- Autor
- Endicott, Marina
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Trade Paperback
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 1551119994
- ISBN 13
- 9781551119991
- Editorial
- Freehand Books
- Lugar de publicación
- Calgary, Alberta
- Fecha de publicación
- 2009
- Páginas
- 400
- Tamaño
- 23-15-4
- Palabras clave
- Fiction, Fiction Books, Good Reads, Suspense, Teen Lit, Realistic Fiction, Adventure, Novel, Mystery Thriller, Vintage Fiction, Vintage Novel, Historical Fiction, Canadian, Abuse, Aging, Family Relationships, Cancer
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- X weight
- 700 g
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