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{"id":6815266701371,"title":"In-Between Days","handle":"inbetween-days","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2016 Governor General's Literary Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2017 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2017 Joe Shuster Award Nominee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeva Harrison was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at the age of 37. In this brilliant and inspiring graphic memoir, she documents through comic illustration and short personal essays what it means to live with the disease. She confronts with heartbreaking honesty the crises of identity that cancer brings: a lifelong vegetarian, Teva agrees to use experimental drugs that have been tested on animals. She struggles to reconcile her long-term goals with an uncertain future, balancing the innate sadness of cancer with everyday acts of hope and wonder. She also examines those quiet moments of helplessness and loving with her husband, her family, and her friends, while they all adjust to the new normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, \u003cem\u003eIn-Between Days\u003c\/em\u003e is redemptive and uplifting, reminding each one of us of how beautiful life is, and what a gift.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-24T12:06:54-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-24T09:48:21-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Audiobooks","Adult Nonfiction","Adult Starred Reviews","By (author) Harrison Teva","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2016-04-23"],"price":1495,"price_min":1495,"price_max":3499,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40209202413627,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487001087","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"In-Between Days - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":499,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487001087","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40209277321275,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487001094","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"In-Between Days - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487001094","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40209278500923,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487001100","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"In-Between Days - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487001100","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40209281941563,"title":"Digital Audio, MP3","option1":"Digital Audio, MP3","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487004354","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"In-Between Days - Digital Audio, MP3","public_title":"Digital Audio, MP3","options":["Digital Audio, MP3"],"price":3499,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487004354","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40209282465851,"title":"Lossless Format Audio, WAV","option1":"Lossless Format Audio, WAV","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487004927","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"In-Between Days - Lossless Format Audio, WAV","public_title":"Lossless Format Audio, WAV","options":["Lossless Format Audio, WAV"],"price":3499,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487004927","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_9a220959-d0ba-4e09-bae2-f5f5d1f42ff4.jpg?v=1678598407"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_9a220959-d0ba-4e09-bae2-f5f5d1f42ff4.jpg?v=1678598407","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324536504379,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.683,"height":2049,"width":1400,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_9a220959-d0ba-4e09-bae2-f5f5d1f42ff4.jpg?v=1678598407"},"aspect_ratio":0.683,"height":2049,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_9a220959-d0ba-4e09-bae2-f5f5d1f42ff4.jpg?v=1678598407","width":1400}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2016 Governor General's Literary Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2017 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2017 Joe Shuster Award Nominee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeva Harrison was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at the age of 37. In this brilliant and inspiring graphic memoir, she documents through comic illustration and short personal essays what it means to live with the disease. She confronts with heartbreaking honesty the crises of identity that cancer brings: a lifelong vegetarian, Teva agrees to use experimental drugs that have been tested on animals. She struggles to reconcile her long-term goals with an uncertain future, balancing the innate sadness of cancer with everyday acts of hope and wonder. She also examines those quiet moments of helplessness and loving with her husband, her family, and her friends, while they all adjust to the new normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, \u003cem\u003eIn-Between Days\u003c\/em\u003e is redemptive and uplifting, reminding each one of us of how beautiful life is, and what a gift.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9780887848384","AlsoRecommendedISBN_5":"9781487005283","AlsoRecommendedISBN_6":"9781487006617","BASICMainSubject":"BIO026000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"BIOGRAPHY \u0026 AUTOBIOGRAPHY \/ Personal Memoirs","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTEVA HARRISON\u003c\/strong\u003e (1976–2019) was an author and visual artist. She wrote and illustrated the critically acclaimed graphic memoir \u003cem\u003eIn-Between Days\u003c\/em\u003e, which was the winner of the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Nonfiction, a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction and the Joe Shuster Award for Cartoonist or Auteur, and was a \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e, Kobo, and \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year. Forty-five works from \u003cem\u003eIn-Between Days\u003c\/em\u003e have been exhibited in a solo show at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Teva was Principal Illustrator for the National Film Board\/National Theatre production of playwright Jordan Tannahill’s \u003cem\u003eDraw Me Close: A Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, a virtual reality theatrical experience blending live theatre and virtual reality technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eShe was a finalist for the Canadian Magazine Award and the National Magazine Award, and her writing appeared in the \u003cem\u003eWalrus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCarte Blanche\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eReader’s Digest\u003c\/em\u003e (Canada, U.S., and International editions), the \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, and more. She was a regular commentator on CBC Radio, in the \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e, and in the \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, and she appeared on programs including \u003cem\u003eCanada AM\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Agenda with Steve Paikin\u003c\/em\u003e, Space TV’s \u003cem\u003eInnerSpace\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Morning Show\u003c\/em\u003e, and in \u003cem\u003eMaclean’s\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChatelaine\u003c\/em\u003e, and Rabble.ca. She was also the illustrator of \u003cem\u003eThe Joyful Living Colouring Book\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"BIOGRAPHY \u0026amp; AUTOBIOGRAPHY \/ Personal Memoirs","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"COMICS \u0026amp; GRAPHIC NOVELS \/ Nonfiction \/ Biography \u0026amp; Memoir","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"BIOGRAPHY \u0026amp; AUTOBIOGRAPHY \/ Medical (incl. 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Teva was Principal Illustrator for the National Film Board\/National Theatre production of playwright Jordan Tannahill’s \u003cem\u003eDraw Me Close: A Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, a virtual reality theatrical experience blending live theatre and virtual reality technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eShe was a finalist for the Canadian Magazine Award and the National Magazine Award, and her writing appeared in the \u003cem\u003eWalrus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCarte Blanche\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eReader’s Digest\u003c\/em\u003e (Canada, U.S., and International editions), the \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, and more. She was a regular commentator on CBC Radio, in the \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e, and in the \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, and she appeared on programs including \u003cem\u003eCanada AM\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Agenda with Steve Paikin\u003c\/em\u003e, Space TV’s \u003cem\u003eInnerSpace\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Morning Show\u003c\/em\u003e, and in \u003cem\u003eMaclean’s\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChatelaine\u003c\/em\u003e, and Rabble.ca. She was also the illustrator of \u003cem\u003eThe Joyful Living Colouring Book\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Harrison, Teva","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2016 Governor General's Literary Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2017 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2017 Joe Shuster Award Nominee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeva Harrison was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at the age of 37. In this brilliant and inspiring graphic memoir, she documents through comic illustration and short personal essays what it means to live with the disease. She confronts with heartbreaking honesty the crises of identity that cancer brings: a lifelong vegetarian, Teva agrees to use experimental drugs that have been tested on animals. She struggles to reconcile her long-term goals with an uncertain future, balancing the innate sadness of cancer with everyday acts of hope and wonder. She also examines those quiet moments of helplessness and loving with her husband, her family, and her friends, while they all adjust to the new normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, \u003cem\u003eIn-Between Days\u003c\/em\u003e is redemptive and uplifting, reminding each one of us of how beautiful life is, and what a gift.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487001087","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781487001087\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"10.07","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"128","OtherText_Review_0":"Beautiful, heartbreaking, honest, and true, In-Between Days explores not just what it means to live with terminal cancer, but what it means to live with integrity in the face of our mortality. I couldn’t put it down.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Alison Pick, author of Between Gods and Far to Go","OtherText_Review_1":"As someone recovering from a serious illness, I related so deeply to Teva’s work. No one writes about illness like this, it was hard to stop crying (in a happy way) because I felt so understood.","OtherText_Review_10":"“Teva Harrison’s diagnosis with incurable cancer removes the expectation of an abundance of more — more dreams fulfilled, more time — but focuses her attention on the near and immediate. In this honest and raw memoir, Harrison examines and discovers, grieves, and celebrates, and takes us with her as she crafts a ragged and resonant beauty from her experience in these In-Between Days.”","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"Miranda Hill, author of Sleeping Funny","OtherText_Review_11":"In her heartbreakingly honest exploration of these spaces in-between, Harrison provides a useful guide for those who cannot know the thoughts and fears of someone living with chronic illness; and for those experiencing a similar situation, the book shows that even in the most personal of journeys, you are not alone. At its heart, In-Between Days is a firm statement that joy and hope can exist in the same space as anxiety and fear; that each day we are given should be lived, as Harrison says, “With a sense of wonder and delight.”","OtherText_Review_11_Auth":"Michael Melgaard","OtherText_Review_11_Src":"National Post","OtherText_Review_12":"Harrison’s drawing style is more freeform than finicky, and her linework has an appealing vulnerability. But even beyond that aesthetic quality, there’s a remarkable directness to seeing vignettes from a life coloured by cancer that cuts to the quick…The results are profoundly, achingly affecting…What’s striking is, as Sontag might say, her resistance to metaphoric thinking. There’s whimsy, to be sure: the author and a friend don tails and sequins and march in a mermaid parade, and Harrison conjures childhood summers spent stargazing and having flower-petal snowball fights. But when it comes to the day-to-day details of cancer, Harrison is unflinching in her efforts to tell—and show—the straight story.","OtherText_Review_12_Src":"Maclean’s Magazine","OtherText_Review_13":"…an unflinchingly honest and occasionally joyful account of Harrison’s day-to-day life","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"Metro News","OtherText_Review_14":"In-Between Days, a graphic novel that combines comics and short essays that explore what it is like to live with incurable cancer, is, all at once, heartbreaking and heartwarming, revealing and honest, all the while showcasing how beautiful and unfair life can be","OtherText_Review_14_Src":"Canadian Jewish News","OtherText_Review_15":"There are many books about living with cancer, and then there is Teva Harrison's, \"In-Between Days\"","OtherText_Review_15_Src":"CBC Metro Morning","OtherText_Review_16":"Inspiring, eye-opening and darkly funny, In-Between Days runs the emotional gamut, with comic strips so sharp they feel like a punch to the heart.","OtherText_Review_16_Src":"CBC Books “How I Wrote It\"","OtherText_Review_17":"In-Between Days offers a fresh perspective, approaching a topic that has inspired so many sad stories with an unexpected vibrancy.","OtherText_Review_17_Auth":"Lauren Scott","OtherText_Review_17_Src":"Rabble","OtherText_Review_18":"Every tale of illness… has the potential to transform a personal story into a universal lesson. Teva Harrison’s In-Between Days lives up to that potential, and then some…beautiful and often arresting…","OtherText_Review_18_Auth":"Peter Kavanagh","OtherText_Review_18_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_19":"raw, brilliant, thought-provoking, and very disquieting","OtherText_Review_19_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Kathleen Hanna, artist, musician (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, The Julie Ruin), and feminist activist","OtherText_Review_2":"There’s no real preparation for how hard Teva Harrison’s stunning graphic novel will hit you. It doesn’t humanize the disease — that would be banal — and it doesn’t aggrandize the journey — that would be self-help bunk. Rather, it portrays the process as something achingly human, a daily tumult of stuff that roughly amounts to survival. Teva Harrison has stared into the abyss. And what has stared back but love?","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Richard Poplak, author of Ja No Man","OtherText_Review_3":"Teva’s art and reflections powerfully capture the struggles of being young and facing the certain, yet uncertain end of your life. May we all be this honest with ourselves as we deal with life’s challenges. Inspiring, insightful, contemplative, thank you Teva.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Geoff Eaton, Executive Director, Young Adult Cancer Canada","OtherText_Review_4":"How does a person live with meaning — and joy — in the face of a terminal cancer diagnosis? Teva Harrison answers this question with pitch-perfect honesty and clarity, even when delving into her own complex contradictions. From Harrison’s rigorous honesty comes wisdom. In-Between Days is a beautiful offering. This book fills my heart. The world is lucky to have Teva Harrison. She truly knows how to live, and to love.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Angie Abdou, author of Between","OtherText_Review_5":"With great wisdom, Teva Harrison understands that her cancer doesn’t make her special. But this book certainly does. Through her art and her words, we are reminded of the power of creativity, and that hope for the future is an essentially creative act.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Andrew Westoll, author of The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary","OtherText_Review_6":"Teva Harrison is a metastatic voice that I believe is breaking through. By using humour and creativity to draw people in to a challenging topic, Teva is expanding the breast cancer conversation and shedding light on the complexities and nuances of the disease. I believe In-Between Days will help improve public understanding as well as empower and support others dealing with metastatic breast cancer. Beautifully done.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"MJ DeCoteau, Founder and Executive Director of ReThink Breast Cancer","OtherText_Review_7":"Heartbreaking. Profound. Sly and brutal and funny and crushing. Teva Harrison’s In-Between Days is one of the most stunning memoirs I've ever read. Teva’s taught me it’s not about the number of days left to us. It’s about living them completely.","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Joseph Boyden","OtherText_Review_8":"With insight and honesty, Teva Harrison invites us to join her on this deeply personal, beautifully expressed journey with cancer. Through this remarkable book, we encounter awkward ironies, the quietly harrowing reality of our mortal human condition, and moments of distilled life and beauty. Wryly unflinching in her examination of her condition, its treatment, and herself, Teva shares with us the gift that emerges from her in-between days.","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Vincent Lam","OtherText_Review_9":"Teva Harrison’s memoir is a frank, moving, powerfully minimalist yet deceptively complex work of art. With seemingly simple, but ingeniously pared-down strokes, Harrison bestows upon her readers the gift of complete empathy. Without forcing a thing she makes her readers FEEL how she feels — it’s remarkable! — and by the end of this powerful shared experience, by allowing her readers into her heart and mind, she occupies with us both our present and future. We’re all in great shape, we realize thanks to Harrison, as living, feeling, loving human beings.","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Guy Maddin","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Teva Harrison’s In-Between Days is an inspiring graphic memoir about living with cancer.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_1":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_2":"Long-listed","PrizeCode_0":"04","PrizeCode_1":"01","PrizeCode_2":"05","PrizeName_0":"Governor General's Literary Award","PrizeName_1":"Kobo Emerging Writers Prize for Nonfiction","PrizeName_2":"Joe Shuster Award","PrizeYear_0":"2016","PrizeYear_1":"2017","PrizeYear_2":"2017","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2016-04-23","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"Teva Harrison’s In-Between Days is an inspiring graphic memoir about living with cancer.","Subtitle":"A Memoir About Living with Cancer","Width":"6.88","WidthCode":"in"}
In-Between Days
Teva Harrison’s In-Between Days is an inspiring graphic memoir about living with cancer.
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{"id":6815263817787,"title":"The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk","handle":"the-tragic-tale-of-the-great-auk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor hundreds of thousands of years, Great Auks thrived. And then they were gone …\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFor hundreds of thousands of years Great Auks thrived in the icy seas of the North Atlantic, bobbing on the waves, diving for fish and struggling up onto rocky shores to mate and hatch their fluffy chicks. But by 1844, not a single one of these magnificent birds was alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this stunningly illustrated non-fiction picture book, award-winning author and illustrator Jan Thornhill tells the tragic story of these birds that “weighed as much as a sack of potatoes and stood as tall as a preteen’s waist.” Their demise came about in part because of their anatomy. 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Thousands of these birds, adept fishers and swimmers, once inhabited the North Atlantic region. The author describes how nature and humans spelled disaster for these creatures that were awkward on land and unable to fly due to their very small wings. Because the Great Auks were so easy to hunt, they provided food for explorers arriving in the area and were often burned for fuel. Eventually, with a reduced habitat and smaller numbers, they became prized for private collections because of their rarity. The author tells the Great Auk’s story in an engaging fashion, identifying turning points from which things could have resulted differently for this species. At the book’s conclusion, Thornhill performs an interesting switch by explaining how the demise of this oddly appealing bird eventually led to the thriving puffin population on Funk Island. 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Like Ethernan, Solie would deny that she works miracles. I beg to differ.","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Ange Mlinko","OtherText_Accolades_0_Src":"New York Review of Books","OtherText_Review_0":"A significant achievement . . . The Caiplie Caves is a work of impressive layering and depth, full of call-backs, interweaving, careful research, and textual references.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_1":"Wry, sharp-eyed, and uncompromising, The Caiplie Caves is the most ambitious collection yet from an essential poet.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Telegraph","OtherText_Review_2":"Solie takes her place among our best contemporary poets . . . 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The Caiplie Caves
The Caiplie Caves interrogates violence, economies, self-delusion, and belief in poems that orbit the Caves of Caiplie on the coast of Scotland.
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It’s a little over one mile long. Two hundred feet beneath it are the First Narrows, where the Burrard Inlet meets English Bay. The design is similar to that of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and it is likewise considered to be beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn good weather, the traffic cameras on the north end of the bridge, pointing south, would show the whole sweep of its three-lane highway, as well as the pedestrian and cycle paths attached either side of it. But it was raining on the night in question, as you’d expect in Vancouver. In the CCTV footage which the cops showed to Michael, the raindrops are shooting stars, streaking white across the lenses of the cameras, burning up in the lights from the bridge. The yellow bulbs along the parapet, and the blue globes on the cables, grow dimmer with distance, then fade from view a hundred yards from the shore, swallowed by the fog and rain that are rolling into Burrard Inlet. The port and the city are lost in this fog. Two hundred feet under the bridge, the tide would, at the time in question, have been ebbing through the First Narrows at almost four knots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe southern end of Lions Gate Bridge is located in the heights of Stanley Park, a patch of coastal rainforest preserved from the encroaching city. Here, two large stone lions guard the entrance to the bridge, where the approach road curves north through the fir trees and cedars. At 3.11 a.m., a traffic camera at this end of the bridge sees a figure in a red hooded jacket emerging from a path in the forest, pushing a bicycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA car passes, and, when it has gone, the figure crosses the road to access the path on the seaward side of the bridge. As the figure passes the camera, the wind blows back its hood. The image is clear enough, despite the poor light and low resolution. At 3.13 a.m., Lydia Alice Field walked on to the Lions Gate Bridge and vanished in the rain and fog. Michael, watching the footage with the two constables, was able to confirm her identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe did not reappear to any of the other cameras which cover both ends of the bridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 5.19 a.m., a police dispatcher received a call from a jogger who had found an unlocked bicycle propped against the parapet, three hundred metres out from Stanley Park. Wanting to be helpful, the jogger added that he had looked over the parapet into the Narrows, two hundred feet below, but could see no sign of anyone in the water. By then she was miles away. Strait of Georgia, Salish Sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere were interviews, formalities. When they were done, the police thanked Michael for his cooperation and told him they were sorry. They dropped him back to the empty house as the sun was going down. 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This Eden
An exhilarating technothriller and modern spy novel reminiscent of William Gibson and the golden age of panoramic international espionage fiction.
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Basic Black with Pearls
In her search for a lover, Shirley sheds her drab existence together with torturous memories of guilt and loss as a Jewish immigrant in Toronto.
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In the local village, he also encounters thieves, madmen, aristocrats, and Klara, a delicate beauty whose love he must compete for with the exceptionally handsome partisan soldier, Adolphus. Thus begins a tale of polite theft, bitter heartbreak, domestic mystery, and cold-blooded murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUndermajordomo Minor\u003c\/em\u003e is a triumphant ink-black comedy of manners by the Governor General’s Award–winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e. It is an adventure, and a mystery, and a searing portrayal of rural Alpine bad behaviour, but above all it is a love story. 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Elegant, beautifully strange, and utterly superb.","OtherText_Review_10":"Undermajordomo Minor is deWitt playing to his dry wit, black humour strengths, but with a structure that skips along, delivering quiet mirth and repressed laughter in the face of absurdity we all feel in the attempt to start a new life.","OtherText_Review_10_Auth":"Samantha Power","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"Vue Weekly","OtherText_Review_11":"Lies can be wonderful things, and when a lie is told artfully, if it’s done with a degree of craftsmanship, I can’t help but admire the liar.","OtherText_Review_11_Auth":"David Berry","OtherText_Review_11_Src":"Patrick deWitt quoted in National Post interview","OtherText_Review_12":"there’s no denying…deWitt’s whimsicality and unfettered inventiveness…If designed as an entertaining showcase of dazzling creativity, deWitt’s pipe dream of a novel can’t be faulted.","OtherText_Review_12_Auth":"Brett Josef Grubisic","OtherText_Review_12_Src":"Vancouver Sun","OtherText_Review_13":"But the ceaseless, sparkling wit and originality of his latest…proves the indomitable deWitt can’t be undone by a few trophies; in fact by delving deeper into the absurd, he arguably takes bigger risk.","OtherText_Review_13_Auth":"Emily Donaldson","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_14":"Undermajordomo Minor creates its own earthy kind of magic....it's a wonderful novel that is sure to capture the imagination of many readers and awards committees.","OtherText_Review_14_Auth":"John Lyttle","OtherText_Review_14_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_15":"in terms of entertainment, deWitt is a master.","OtherText_Review_15_Auth":"Greg Hudson","OtherText_Review_15_Src":"SHARP Magazine","OtherText_Review_16":"a darkly funny twist on the traditional fable.","OtherText_Review_16_Auth":"Miranda Newman","OtherText_Review_16_Src":"Walrus Magazine","OtherText_Review_17":"a mashup of a Wes Anderson movie and Grimm's Fairy Tale.","OtherText_Review_17_Auth":"Josh Visser","OtherText_Review_17_Src":"VICE","OtherText_Review_18":"every reader should be able to find something to enjoy in Undermajordomo Minor whether it is the writing, the mystery, or the crazy characters you encounter along the way.","OtherText_Review_18_Auth":"Kaley Stewart","OtherText_Review_18_Src":"Niagara Life Magazine","OtherText_Review_19":"[Undermajordomo Minor] is vintage deWitt..Droll, beguiling and slightly wistful.","OtherText_Review_19_Auth":"Mark Medley","OtherText_Review_19_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven","OtherText_Review_2":"Patrick deWitt has an untrammelled and utterly original imagination. I cannot think of anyone else who could pull off so beautifully this controlled explosion of drollery, mischief , sly fun, and tenderness.","OtherText_Review_20":"Page by page, the book is often a hoot, brimming with winningly quirky characters operating by their own twisted fairy-tale logic.","OtherText_Review_20_Auth":"Michael Bourne","OtherText_Review_20_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_21":"By turns whimsical and macabre, fanciful and sinister…it is a journey of self-knowledge and self-realization, complete with sinister twists and menacing turns. It is a mythic journey from darkness to light, during which the hero accepts his fate and becomes the man he was destined to be. Moreover, it is a darn good read.","OtherText_Review_21_Auth":"Rob Reid","OtherText_Review_21_Src":"Waterloo Region Record","OtherText_Review_22":"Undermajordomo Minor is an audacious fairy tale in the form of a novel. Or an outlandish novel as a fairy tale. Doesn’t matter. It’s a bold, genre-twisting narrative, worthy of a read.","OtherText_Review_22_Auth":"Thomas Trofimuk","OtherText_Review_22_Src":"The Winnipeg Review","OtherText_Review_23":"…a darkly funny fable.","OtherText_Review_23_Auth":"Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson","OtherText_Review_23_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Neel Mukherjee, author of The Lives of Others","OtherText_Review_3":"Undermajordomo Minor is a wonderfully wry and wise novel, and reading it is like coming across some twisted classic — Cervantes by way of Louis C.K. I marvel at all that Patrick deWitt is able to do on the page.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins","OtherText_Review_4":"Undermajordomo Minor is brutal, brilliant, sly, absurd, and poignant. It's both gripping tale and hilarious subversion. Once again Patrick deWitt proves his wild, original talent, generous wit, and exquisite control.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Sam Lipsyte, author of The Ask","OtherText_Review_5":"In his delightful and dark new novel, Booker nominee deWitt brings his amusingly off-kilter vision to a European folk tale . . . DeWitt uses familiar tropes to lull the reader into a false sense of grounding, delivering with abundant good humor a fully realized, consistently surprising, and thoroughly amusing tale of longing, love, madness, and mirth.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_6":"... eerily precise ... DeWitt is a true original, conjuring up dark and hilarious images. This is a bizarre, darkly funny, passionate ... book.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"The Times","OtherText_Review_7":"with its blend of fantasy and gothic romance, Undermajordomo Minor sounded unlikely to enchant a literalist like me. How wrong I was. From its pitch-perfect opening onwards, it's clear from the unusual atmosphere and droll narration that deWitt has created a unique fictional universe….The challenge for the reader is to resist the temptation to devour a novel which should be savoured.","OtherText_Review_7_Auth":"Max Liu","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"The Independent","OtherText_Review_8":"Fans of The Sisters Brothers will rejoice at the return of deWitt’s wry, funny dialogue and over-the-top, almost slapstick violence.","OtherText_Review_8_Auth":"Sue Carter","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Metro","OtherText_Review_9":"Undermajordomo Minor is a masterpiece of wit.","OtherText_Review_9_Auth":"Danny Gorny","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Toronto Is Awesome","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A love story, an adventure story, a fable without a moral, and an ink-black comedy of manners.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_1":"Long-listed","PrizeCode_0":"05","PrizeCode_1":"05","PrizeName_0":"Scotiabank Giller Prize","PrizeName_1":"Leacock Medal for Humour","PrizeYear_0":"2015","PrizeYear_1":"2016","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover jacket","PublicationDate":"2015-09-05","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"A love story, an adventure story, a fable without a moral, and an ink-black comedy of manners.","Width":"6","WidthCode":"in"}
Undermajordomo Minor
A love story, an adventure story, a fable without a moral, and an ink-black comedy of manners.
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Birds on the Brain
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Sometimes I Feel Like an Oak
Following the success of Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox and Sometimes I Feel Like a River, this companion book explores the nature and beauty of trees.
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This Is a Tiny Fragile Snake
Would you help a tiny fragile snake? This book of poems explores close encounters with animals … and choosing to respond tenderly.
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Invisible Lines
An indispensable guide to seeing and understanding our planet through the divisions we make, find, or feel.
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ages 3
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The Little Green Envelope
A little green envelope longs to go on a journey. Will it be chosen to deliver Olive’s letter to her far-away friend?
