Author: Dede Crane
Publisher: Global Professional Publishi
ISBN: 9781551929798
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Over the summer Kennedy Baines, 15 years old, finds the courage to ask the right questions and to see truth for what it is. By summers end, she's learned about trust, love and the power that comes from not holding back.
The 25 Pains of Kennedy Baines
Author: Dede Crane
Publisher: Global Professional Publishi
ISBN: 9781551929798
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Over the summer Kennedy Baines, 15 years old, finds the courage to ask the right questions and to see truth for what it is. By summers end, she's learned about trust, love and the power that comes from not holding back.
Publisher: Global Professional Publishi
ISBN: 9781551929798
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Over the summer Kennedy Baines, 15 years old, finds the courage to ask the right questions and to see truth for what it is. By summers end, she's learned about trust, love and the power that comes from not holding back.
The Cult of Quick Repair
Author: Dede Crane
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 1550504347
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A sassy collection of vivid and moving stores portraying edgy modern lives in highly-charged relationships. Not for the faint of heart, Crane's humour has a dark, almost sinister, edge. However, her tired pessimism is tempered with grace and frequent avenues of hope. A profusion of sex delivers surprises, not all of them pleasant. A new father, shopping for groceries with his baby and a hangover, worries that the child may not actually be his. An ultrasound technician, envious of her co-worker's sex life, has an unexpected second encounter with a creepy male patient. The wife of a hockey player is faced with his ambiguous sexuality. A young woman waits her turn at an abortion clinic, harbouring the secret that the baby's father might not be the boyfriend sitting beside her. These wonderfully-drawn characters sweep the reader into their anxious and often funny lives. Sophisticated story-telling makes the most complicated situations crystal clear and a pleasure to read. Crane's male points of view are as effective as the female. Her endings are just right and satisfying. Joint the Cult of Quick Repair and prepare to see another side of all-too-familiar contemporary life, in all its fraught and aching glory.
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 1550504347
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A sassy collection of vivid and moving stores portraying edgy modern lives in highly-charged relationships. Not for the faint of heart, Crane's humour has a dark, almost sinister, edge. However, her tired pessimism is tempered with grace and frequent avenues of hope. A profusion of sex delivers surprises, not all of them pleasant. A new father, shopping for groceries with his baby and a hangover, worries that the child may not actually be his. An ultrasound technician, envious of her co-worker's sex life, has an unexpected second encounter with a creepy male patient. The wife of a hockey player is faced with his ambiguous sexuality. A young woman waits her turn at an abortion clinic, harbouring the secret that the baby's father might not be the boyfriend sitting beside her. These wonderfully-drawn characters sweep the reader into their anxious and often funny lives. Sophisticated story-telling makes the most complicated situations crystal clear and a pleasure to read. Crane's male points of view are as effective as the female. Her endings are just right and satisfying. Joint the Cult of Quick Repair and prepare to see another side of all-too-familiar contemporary life, in all its fraught and aching glory.
Poster Boy
Author: Dede Crane
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554982200
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Sixteen-year-old Gray Fallon's life is looking pretty good. His easygoing parents -- a university science professor and silkscreen artist -- are happy for him to entertain his friends in his suburban basement. A part-time job at the Cineplex, the occasional beer or joint, a smart, funny best friend, a hot new girlfriend -- things couldn't really be any better. Then Gray's twelve-year-old science nerd sister, Maggie, is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Gray learns that the cancer may have environmental causes and sets out to uncover the cause and make Maggie better. His research reveals that silkscreen chemicals may be responsible for Maggie's illness. His mother's subsequent breakdown and father's anger finally drive him to quit school and seek haven at an organic farm. However, there is no escaping the reality of Maggie's illness, and the climax, written with wisdom, compassion and a complete lack of easy sentimentality, is a tour de force.
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554982200
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Sixteen-year-old Gray Fallon's life is looking pretty good. His easygoing parents -- a university science professor and silkscreen artist -- are happy for him to entertain his friends in his suburban basement. A part-time job at the Cineplex, the occasional beer or joint, a smart, funny best friend, a hot new girlfriend -- things couldn't really be any better. Then Gray's twelve-year-old science nerd sister, Maggie, is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Gray learns that the cancer may have environmental causes and sets out to uncover the cause and make Maggie better. His research reveals that silkscreen chemicals may be responsible for Maggie's illness. His mother's subsequent breakdown and father's anger finally drive him to quit school and seek haven at an organic farm. However, there is no escaping the reality of Maggie's illness, and the climax, written with wisdom, compassion and a complete lack of easy sentimentality, is a tour de force.
Canadian Book Review Annual
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Quill & Quire
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Category : Book industries and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Category : Book industries and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Book Review Digest
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1952
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1952
Book Description
Summary of James Patterson's The House of Kennedy
Author: Everest Media
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The ship Patrick Kennedy boarded in 1849 was the SS Washington Irving, which transported millions of Irish fleeing the mid-nineteenth-century Great Hunger. The ship’s conditions were universally harrowing, and the monthlong crossing from Liverpool to Boston was no exception. #2 The Kennedy family, who were originally nicknamed the shanty Irish, had finally become respectable lace curtain Irish. P. J. had become rich in the liquor business, and he gave out free drinks to those who could help him rise in the Democratic Party. #3 The Kennedy family had a mantra: win at all costs. They were extremely thankful for the country that had embraced their family, and they felt a duty to give back to it. #4 The family moves to Bronxville, a mansion at 294 Pondfield Road, in 1927. Joe is a multimillionaire by this point, and the family is extremely happy. But they are not allowed to complain or whine, as Joe’s voice would clamped down on them.
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The ship Patrick Kennedy boarded in 1849 was the SS Washington Irving, which transported millions of Irish fleeing the mid-nineteenth-century Great Hunger. The ship’s conditions were universally harrowing, and the monthlong crossing from Liverpool to Boston was no exception. #2 The Kennedy family, who were originally nicknamed the shanty Irish, had finally become respectable lace curtain Irish. P. J. had become rich in the liquor business, and he gave out free drinks to those who could help him rise in the Democratic Party. #3 The Kennedy family had a mantra: win at all costs. They were extremely thankful for the country that had embraced their family, and they felt a duty to give back to it. #4 The family moves to Bronxville, a mansion at 294 Pondfield Road, in 1927. Joe is a multimillionaire by this point, and the family is extremely happy. But they are not allowed to complain or whine, as Joe’s voice would clamped down on them.
The Kennedy Assassination Tapes
Author: Lyndon Baines Johnson
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
In this major work of documentary history, a leading scholar of the Kennedy assassination transcribes and places in context the momentous telephone calls President Johnson made as he sought to stabilize the country in the aftermath of the events of November 22, 1963.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
In this major work of documentary history, a leading scholar of the Kennedy assassination transcribes and places in context the momentous telephone calls President Johnson made as he sought to stabilize the country in the aftermath of the events of November 22, 1963.
The Life and Work of Thomas Baines
Author: Jane Carruthers
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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Health Care Financing Review
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Category : Medical care
Languages : en
Pages : 1148
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Medical care
Languages : en
Pages : 1148
Book Description