| A Good House Contributor(s): Burnard, Bonnie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312420323 ISBN-13: 9780312420321 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: First-time novelist Bonnie Burnard, pens "A Good House", awarded Canada's Giller Prize in 1999, where she documents an Ontario family over half a century with unadorned, deliberate, and tender sympathy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sagas - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001133021 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.85 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Canadian - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Good House begins in 1949 in Stonebrook, Ontario, home to the Chambers family. The postwar boom and hope for the future color every facet of life: the possibilities seem limitless for Bill, his wife Sylvia, and their three children. In the fifty years that follow, the possibilities narrow. Sylvia's untimely death marks her family indelibly but in ways only time will reveal. Paul's perfect marriage yields an imperfect child. Daphne unabashedly follows an unconventional path, while Patrick discovers that his happiness requires a series of compromises. Bill confronts the onset of old age less gracefully than anticipated, and throughout, his second wife, Margaret, remains, surprisingly, the family anchor. This extraordinarily moving and beautifully crafted first novel was a number one bestseller in Canada where it won one of the country's most prestigious literary awards, the Giller Prize, in 1999. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burnard, Bonnie: - A resident of London, Ontario, Bonnie Burnard is also the author of two award-winning story collections. A Good House is her first book to be published in the United States. |