| What the Living Do Contributor(s): Dwyer, Maggie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1525528688 ISBN-13: 9781525528682 Publisher: FriesenPress OUR PRICE: $31.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Death, Grief, Bereavement |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.37 lbs) 318 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Until the age of twelve, Georgia Lee Kay-Stern believed she was Jewish - the story of her Cree birth family had been kept secret. Now she's living on her own and attending first year university, and with her adoptive parents on sabbatical in Costa Rica, the old questions are back. What does it mean to be Native? How could her life have been different? As Winnipeg is threatened by the flood of the century, Georgia Lee's brutal murder sparks a tense cultural clash. Two families wish to claim her for burial. But Georgia Lee never figured out where she belonged, and now other people have to decide for her.... |
Contributor Bio(s): Dwyer, Maggie: - Maggie Dwyer's short stories have been published in literary magazines and broadcast on CBC. "Once More With Feeling" was chosen by Carol Shields to be part of CBC Radio's Festival of Fiction. Misplaced Love, Maggie's debut collection, was published by Turnstone Press. Born in Stratford, Ontario, Maggie spent her salad days in Toronto. Now, after twenty interesting years in Winnipeg's south end and sixteen more on Vancouver Island, she lives and writes near Commanda, Ontario.... |
