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Six Metres of Pavement
Contributor(s): Doctor, Farzana (Author)
ISBN: 1554887674     ISBN-13: 9781554887675
Publisher: Dundurn Press
OUR PRICE:   $20.69  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Psychological
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (1.00 lbs) 384 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Lesbian
- Topical - Friendship
- Topical - Death/Dying
 
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Publisher Description:

Winner of the 2012 LAMBDA Literary Award for Best Lesbian Fiction and of the 2011 Rainbow Awards

Ismail Boxwala made the worst mistake of his life one summer morning twenty years ago: he forgot his baby daughter in the back seat of his car. After his daughter's tragic death, he struggles to continue living. A divorce, years of heavy drinking, and sex with strangers only leave him more alone and isolated.

But Ismail's story begins to change after he reluctantly befriends two women: Fatima, a young queer activist kicked out of her parents' home; and Celia, his grieving Portuguese-Canadian neighbour who lives just six metres away. A slow-simmering romance develops between Ismail and Celia. Meanwhile, dangers lead Fatima to his doorstep. Each makes complicated demands of him, ones he is uncertain he can meet.

Contributor Bio(s): Doctor, Farzana: -

Farzana Doctor is the author of Stealing Nasreen, All Inclusive, and Six Metres of Pavement, which won the 2012 Lambda Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award. Farzana is one of CBC Books' Ten Canadian Women Writers You Need to Read Now and the recipient of the Writers' Trust of Canada's Dayne Ogilvie Grant. She lives in Toronto.