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{"id":6816230473787,"title":"Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility","handle":"clear-skies-no-wind-100-visibility","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet against the divergent landscape of British Columbia — from the splendours of nature to its immense dangers, from urban grease and grit to dry, desert towns — \u003cem\u003eClear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility\u003c\/em\u003e examines human beings and their many frailties with breathtaking insight and accuracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n \u003cp\u003eThéodora Armstrong peoples her stories with characters as richly various — and as compelling — as her settings. A soon-to-be father and haute cuisine chef mercilessly berates his staff while facing his lack of preparedness for parenthood. A young girl revels in the dark drama of the murder of a girl from her neighbourhood. A novice air-traffic specialist must come to terms with his first loss — the death of a pilot — on his watch. And the dangers of deep canyons and powerful currents spur on the reckless behaviour of teenagers as they test the limits of bravery, friendship, and sex.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n \r\n \u003cp\u003eWith startling intimacy and language stripped bare, \u003cem\u003eClear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility\u003c\/em\u003e announces the arrival of Théodora Armstrong as a striking new literary voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-25T16:28:18-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-25T14:38:08-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Short Stories","Adult Starred Reviews","Astoria","By (author) Armstrong Théodora","pub date: 2013-02-22"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":2295,"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":40213757493307,"title":"trade paperback with flaps","option1":"trade paperback with flaps","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770891029","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility - trade paperback with flaps","public_title":"trade paperback with flaps","options":["trade paperback with flaps"],"price":2295,"weight":336,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770891029","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40213827321915,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770892408","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770892408","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40213827518523,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770895904","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770895904","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_ea0d10c4-2e76-4a09-9efe-88e7e0c676cf.jpg?v=1678599782"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_ea0d10c4-2e76-4a09-9efe-88e7e0c676cf.jpg?v=1678599782","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Small white dots are on a blue background. 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{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9780887849725","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487003661","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781770898776","BASICMainSubject":"FIC029000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"FICTION \/ Short Stories","BiographicalNote":"Théodora Armstrong is a fiction writer and poet. Her work has appeared in numerous literary magazines, including \u003cem\u003eEvent\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePrairie Fire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Fiddlehead\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDescant\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eContemporary Verse 2\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"FICTION \/ Short Stories (single author)","BISACSubject_0":"FIC029000","ContributorBio_0":"Théodora Armstrong is a fiction writer and poet. 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A soon-to-be father and haute cuisine chef mercilessly berates his staff while facing his lack of preparedness for parenthood. A young girl revels in the dark drama of the murder of a girl from her neighbourhood. A novice air-traffic specialist must come to terms with his first loss — the death of a pilot — on his watch. And the dangers of deep canyons and powerful currents spur on the reckless behaviour of teenagers as they test the limits of bravery, friendship, and sex.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n \r\n \u003cp\u003eWith startling intimacy and language stripped bare, \u003cem\u003eClear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility\u003c\/em\u003e announces the arrival of Théodora Armstrong as a striking new literary voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781770891029","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781770891029\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","guide_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781770891029\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=guide\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Astoria","NumberOfPages":"304","OtherText_Review_0":"In these moving and meticulously described stories, Théodora Armstrong expertly cultivates her characters in the rich, dirty-realist soil of Raymond Carver and Flannery O'Connor. The writing in this collection boils with meaning, beauty and menace, and signals the liftoff of an exciting new literary talent.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Michael Christie, author of The Beggar's Garden","OtherText_Review_1":"These fresh, edgy, unflinching stories about contemporary life on the urban and rural West Coast will resonate with readers at all stages of life: parents watching their children grow up too quickly, young couples starting families, brothers and sisters at crossroads in life coping with the fraying adulthood brings to childhood bonds.","OtherText_Review_10":"…an exceptional debut","OtherText_Review_10_Auth":"Zoe Whittall","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_11":"With this impressive debut collection, Théodora Armstrong establishes herself as a fresh and multi-faceted talent, capable of mining everyday human dramas to create evocative and lasting tales about the human condition.","OtherText_Review_11_Src":"PRISM International","OtherText_Review_12":"…Armstrong writes beautifully…","OtherText_Review_12_Auth":"Georgie Binks","OtherText_Review_12_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Christine Mazur","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_2":"[Armstrong] is a fresh, new voice in Canadian short fiction, but a fresh, new voice that’s already proven her to be a force in the form. [Her] fiction is very human, taut with tension, and replete with well-drawn characters. Certainly a strong debut collection.","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Chad Pelley","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Telegraph-Journal","OtherText_Review_3":"Théodora Armstrong['s] first collection of striking, realist stories, Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility, is an exceptional debut.","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Zoe Whittall","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_4":"Armstrong’s tales are indeed satisfying; the book is delicious from start to finish... Her gritty realism and rich, crisp prose have been compared to that of Raymond Carver and Flannery O'Connor. High praise indeed. Clear Skies is the kind of collection that leaves you satisfied, but wanting more.","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Michelle Lalonde","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Montreal Gazette","OtherText_Review_5":"Théodora Armstrong’s début collection launches House of Anansi Press’s new short-fiction imprint, Astoria, in impressive fashion. This is a writer to watch, and a book not to be missed... These darkly intimate and subtly heart-breaking pieces are pure pleasure to read. Armstrong is an electrifying new voice on the short fiction scene.","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Stacey Madden","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire","OtherText_Review_6":"Armstrong’s themes of agency and inevitability are distilled to their essence and given another ironic twist, and her typically spare language is honed to a fine edge.","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Steven W. Beattie","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"National Post","OtherText_Review_7":"A worthwhile, well-honed collection that's probing and nuanced... Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility also highlights an author whose regional scope ought to be appreciated well past the borders of British Columbia.","OtherText_Review_7_Auth":"Brett Josef Grubisic","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Vancouver Sun","OtherText_Review_8":"The stories in this collection are a rare phenomenon, capable of taking the reader to places so familiar one forgets they’ve never been there. The writing is crisp, taut, and evocative, and each story has a separate pleasure to give. Théodora Armstrong is a terrifically talented young writer, and this is a superb début.","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Steven Galloway, author of The Cellist of Sarajevo","OtherText_Review_9":"[Théodora Armstrong’s] stories are direct and non-apologetic, fluid and intelligent, and especially good at delineating a desire to connect and the lack of ability to make that connection.","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Mark Anthony Jarman, author of 19 Knives and Ireland’s Eye","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\"Théodora Armstrong's stories are brash and brainy.\" - Mark Anthony Jarman","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback with flaps","PublicationDate":"2013-02-22","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"\"Théodora Armstrong's stories are brash and brainy.\" - Mark Anthony Jarman","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
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"Théodora Armstrong's stories are brash and brainy." - Mark Anthony Jarman
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{"id":6816229720123,"title":"Maggie \u0026amp; Me","handle":"maggie-amp-me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLong-listed for the Green Carnation Prize and\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e' selection for Memoir of the Year.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This amazing book tells the story of an appalling childhood with truth and clarity unsmudged by self-pity. It grips from beginning to end.\" — Diana Athill, Costa Book Award–winning author of Somewhere Towards the End \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrank McCourt's \u003cem\u003eAngela's Ashes\u003c\/em\u003e crossed with Billy Elliot, Maggie \u0026amp; Me is a unique, tender, and witty memoir of surviving the tough streets of small town Scotland during the Thatcher years.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eOctober 12, 1984. An IRA bomb blows apart the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Miraculously, Maggie Thatcher survives. In small-town Scotland, eight-year-old Damian Barr watches in horror as his mum rips her wedding ring off and packs their bags. He knows he, too, must survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDamian, his sister, and his Catholic mum move in with her sinister new boyfriend while his Protestant dad shacks up with the glamorous Mary the Canary. Divided by sectarian suspicion, the community is held together by the sprawling Ravenscraig Steelworks. But darkness threatens as Maggie takes hold: she snatches school milk, smashes the unions, and makes greed good. Following Maggie's advice, Damian works hard and plans his escape. 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It grips from beginning to end.\" — Diana Athill, Costa Book Award–winning author of Somewhere Towards the End \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrank McCourt's \u003cem\u003eAngela's Ashes\u003c\/em\u003e crossed with Billy Elliot, Maggie \u0026amp; Me is a unique, tender, and witty memoir of surviving the tough streets of small town Scotland during the Thatcher years.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eOctober 12, 1984. An IRA bomb blows apart the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Miraculously, Maggie Thatcher survives. In small-town Scotland, eight-year-old Damian Barr watches in horror as his mum rips her wedding ring off and packs their bags. He knows he, too, must survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDamian, his sister, and his Catholic mum move in with her sinister new boyfriend while his Protestant dad shacks up with the glamorous Mary the Canary. Divided by sectarian suspicion, the community is held together by the sprawling Ravenscraig Steelworks. But darkness threatens as Maggie takes hold: she snatches school milk, smashes the unions, and makes greed good. Following Maggie's advice, Damian works hard and plans his escape. He discovers that stories can save your life and — in spite of violence, strikes, AIDS, and Clause 28 — manages to fall in love dancing to Madonna in Glasgow's only gay club.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaggie \u0026amp; Me\u003c\/em\u003e is a touching and darkly witty memoir about surviving Thatcher's Britain; a story of growing up gay in a straight world and coming out the other side in spite of, and maybe because of, the Iron Lady.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487003784","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487004774","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781770890619","BASICMainSubject":"BIO026000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"BIOGRAPHY \u0026 AUTOBIOGRAPHY \/ Personal Memoirs","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003eDamian Barr’s writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e. His book \u003cem\u003eGet It Together: A Guide to Surviving Your Quarterlife Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 2005, and he has co-written two plays. 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[it's] a book that's hard to put down, laugh out loud funny and profoundly moving.","OtherText_Review_0_Auth":"Olivia Cole","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"British GQ","OtherText_Review_1":"... a fine memoir about the drama, pain and humour of growing up gay, gifted and poor... [Barr] has an uncanny ability to employ wit to flip you from a wince to a smile -- and sometimes right back again. When need be, he conveys maximum visceral impact, like a Scottish Frank McCourt of Angela's Ashes fame.","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Douglas J. Johnston","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_2":"This memoir of deprivation and survival is shrewdly constructed and written with a winning dry humour.","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Adam Mars-Jones","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Guardian","OtherText_Review_3":"Undoubtedly, many readers will be riled at the thought of this positive spin on Thatcher, but Barr is writing from his own, unique perspective - he knows she almost screwed his life up completely, but also acknowledges that she was a glimmer of light in the darkness. It’s a compelling read, which I thoroughly recommend.","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Janice Forsyth","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"The Herald Scotland","OtherText_Review_4":"...an excellent read, and a vital reminder of how much we are shaped by the culture which surrounds us.","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Andrew Losowsky","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"The Huffington Post","OtherText_Review_5":"It’s too bad [Margaret Thatcher] didn’t live to read this book. She’d have been proud of Barr’s resilience—and his generosity of spirit.","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Dafna Izenberg","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Maclean's","OtherText_Review_6":"The writing is beautiful...the evocation of his childhood tender and affectionate, the summoning up of a particular time and place pin-sharp. A poignant and often humorous memoir, full of energy and life.","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Andrew Holgate","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"The Sunday Times","OtherText_Review_7":"...an affecting memoir without cliches.","OtherText_Review_7_Auth":"Arifa Akbar","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"The Independent","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A unique, tender, and witty memoir of surviving the tough streets of small-town Scotland during the Thatcher years.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"05","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeName_0":"Green Carnation Prize","PrizeName_1":"The Sunday Times' Memoir of the Year","PrizeYear_0":"2013","PrizeYear_1":"2013","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback with flaps","PublicationDate":"2013-04-11","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"A unique, tender, and witty memoir of surviving the tough streets of small-town Scotland during the Thatcher years.","Width":"5.3125","WidthCode":"in"}
Maggie & Me
A unique, tender, and witty memoir of surviving the tough streets of small-town Scotland during the Thatcher years.
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War defined my entire childhood and all but the last two years of my adult life. It was a time when neighbor turned against neighbor, schools were divided, friendships and romances broken off. A time when suspicions grew, movements were restricted, freedoms curtailed, and people’s rights were compromised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u2028\u2028\u003cp\u003eAt the end of the war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the government of Sri Lanka in May 2009, I worked on an essay for a magazine about my experiences as a child growing up in Sri Lanka. The editor and I went back and forth several times, and during the process it became clear that the editor wanted a clearly delineated tale about villains and saints, uncomplicated by the nuances of my own, real experience. While I understood that American newspaper culture looked for black and white, the story I was writing was not so simple, and I needed to place it within fiction in order to allow it the necessary space. \u003c\/p\u003e\u2028\u2028\u003cp\u003eI wrote down seven hundred words about several very different families who lived on one lane, and sent it to one of my brothers. He happened to be online and we started chatting about what I had written. He reminded me of the riots, and what happened that day when we were very young and interpreted the world differently than we do now. It was the stuff of online chats, those half-sentences lacking punctuation, but right away I realized that this was exactly what I had been harkening toward. I didn’t want official statements and propaganda to be the only story heard. I wanted to give people a sense of who we once were, who we became, and how we all lost something that was worth fighting for in that shift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u2028 \u2028\u003cp\u003eAs a political journalist I understand perfectly how easy it is to reinterpret or misinterpret anything that is said or done, how necessary it is to stay focused on a single message. When I write short political pieces, my opinions are always clear and, often, unforgiving. Fiction is the place where I look for the truth, because it allows for conversation. When I write fiction I am interested in engaging with readers. To see what they think, to hear what they have “taken” from the book, what I intended and what I did not. There is more truth to be had in a communal evocation of it than there is in single-person reportage. 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With the publication of the book coinciding with the fourth anniversary of the war’s end, I feel there will be a chance to get this message out both to Sri Lankans and to an American audience: wars can and do end, peace is possible so long as there is acknowledgment of wrongdoing to be set beside the necessity of forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"Lovingly written, historically rich and compassionate to all sides of the turmoil.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_1":"…with prose both lingering and breathtaking – the children, even the lane’s bully who could have been different with just the occasional kindness, will charm you, tease you, play with you, and when they leave you, they’ll shatter your heart.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"BookDragon, book review blog produced by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (APAC)","OtherText_Review_2":"By the time Freeman’s characters are finally tested, some found wanting, some proving to be caring neighbours after all, the reader is thoroughly invested in the fate of all the residents on Sal Mal Lane.","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Joel Yanofsky","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"The Montreal Gazette","OtherText_Review_3":"Ru Freeman is a tender-hearted fireball.","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Hope Mills","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"The Millions","OtherText_Review_4":"There is something positively Russian in the feel of this book – in its full-bodied evocation of domestic lives...which, beyond logic and any ability I might have to convey it, draw us in almost hypnotically.","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Kathleen Byrne","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_5":"It is the Heraths, and especially their children — Suren, Rashmi, Nihil and little Devi — who are at the heart of this generous story…They are wondrous to behold, with their intelligence, imagination and innocence. I don’t know that I’ve seen children more opulently depicted in fiction since Dickens.","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Cristina Garcia","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"The New York Times","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"This epic novel explores the lives of the families that live on Sal Mal Lane and the heartbreaking ways this once harmonious community turns to war.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2013-04-29","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"This epic novel explores the lives of the families that live on Sal Mal Lane and the heartbreaking ways this once harmonious community turns to war.","Width":"6","WidthCode":"in"}
On Sal Mal Lane
This epic novel explores the lives of the families that live on Sal Mal Lane and the heartbreaking ways this once harmonious community turns to war.
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Kolia is an unforgettable story about a boy born in a Siberian Gulag and his eventual freedom and life as a clown in the Moscow circus in the 1960s.
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{"id":6814271242299,"title":"Hope Has Two Daughters","handle":"hope-has-two-daughters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bracing and vividly told story set against the backdrops of the Tunisian Bread Riots in 1984 and the Jasmine Revolution in 2010, \u003ci\u003eHope Has Two Daughters \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a glimpse inside revolution from the perspectives of a mother and daughter.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnwilling to endure a culture of silence and submission, and disowned by her family, Nadia leaves her native Tunisia in 1984 amidst deadly violence, chaos, and rioting brought on by rising food costs, eventually emigrating to Canada to begin her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than twenty-five years later, Nadia’s daughter Lila reluctantly travels to Tunisia to learn about her mother’s birth country. While she’s there, she connects with Nadia’s childhood friends, Neila and Mounir. 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While she’s there, she connects with Nadia’s childhood friends, Neila and Mounir. She uncovers agonizing truths about her mother’s life as a teenager and imagines what it might have been like to grow up in fear of political instability and social unrest. As she is making these discoveries, protests over poor economic conditions and lack of political freedom are increasing, and soon, Lila finds herself in the midst of another revolution — one that will inflame the country and change the Arab world, and her, forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving together the voices of two women at two pivotal moments in history, the Tunisian Bread Riots in 1984 and the Jasmine Revolution in 2010, \u003ci\u003eHope Has Two Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid story that perfectly captures life inside revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487001803","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781487001803\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Arachnide Editions","MetaKeywords":"historical fiction; book club; books for mom","NumberOfPages":"296","OtherText_Accolades_0":"Can literature bear witness? This is the literary quest undertaken by Monia Mazigh in her novel about revolutions and families, about the Bread Riots of Tunisia and the Arab Spring. How do women come of age as dissidents? The difficult secrets shared by mothers and daughters are universal in this thoroughly imagined narrative in which a Canadian story is, necessarily, a story of the world.","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Kim Echlin, author of Under the Visible Life","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThis is Monia Mazigh’s second work of fiction with Anansi. Her first, \u003cem\u003eMirrors and Mirages\u003c\/em\u003e, was widely praised for the authentic depiction of the lives of Muslim women.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003ePerfect for book clubs, this novel weaves together the experiences of two women: a mother and her Canadian-born daughter set against the backdrop of political chaos and revolution without striking a false note. The novel offers a glimpse into what it’s like to live inside a revolution, specifically, the Bread Riots in Tunisia in 1984 and the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia in 2010, which resonated across the Arab world and is considered the first uprising of the Arab Spring.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThis subject matter is timely and important and will undoubtedly lend itself to the intelligent, politically engaged female reader.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eHope Has Two Daughters\u003c\/em\u003e will appeal to those with an interest in the history of the Arab world and immigration politics; fans of multicultural, multi-generational narratives; and fans of literature in translation.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003eThe two girls were called Reem and Farah. They giggled to themselves as they glanced at one another, flickering their eyelids. One had her hair done pageboy style, slicked down, and a button nose, light-coloured skin, and slightly slanted eyes that made her look like a cat about to pounce. The other was constantly adjusting her abundant chestnut hair with the back of her hand. Her black eyes accentuated the whiteness of her skin; a few reddish blotches marked her oval face. Reem and Farah looked me over carefully when they saw me come in with Donia. Even before we were introduced, I knew they wouldn’t like me. My ripped jeans, my multiple earrings worn in a line along my earlobe, the high forehead I’d inherited from my mom, and my blues eyes, just like my dad’s: everything about me told them just how foreign I was. Even my brown and hopelessly curly hair that stood out in corkscrew-like tufts from my head — another hand-me-down from Mom and a source of wonder, of compliments, and admiration during my childhood in Canada — was not enough for them to see me as a Tunisian. Me, the daughter born of the marriage of Nadia the Tunisian and Alex the Canadian. In their eyes, I was some kind of strange mix, a hybrid, a monstrosity produced by the meeting of two distinct worlds but clearly belonging to neither.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"Monia Mazigh's second novel is an engaging book in which choices abound for young Muslim women.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"The Ottawa Citizen","OtherText_Review_1":"Both readable and relevant, especially since the reverberations of the Jasmine Revolution are still being felt today.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"The Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_2":"An important work of fiction.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Quill and Quire","OtherText_Review_3":"Monia Mazigh’s latest novel takes readers through a cycle of hope, uprising, despair and hope again in a story of two girls awakened by civil unrest.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"The Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_4":"Hope Has Two Daughters adds significantly to a growing body of literature by and about Muslim women and sheds fresh light on a country still experiencing its own coming of age.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"The Toronto Star","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Hope Has Two Daughters offers a glimpse inside two Iranian revolutions from the perspectives of a mother and daughter.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback with flaps","PublicationDate":"2017-01-28","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"Hope Has Two Daughters offers a glimpse inside two Iranian revolutions from the perspectives of a mother and daughter.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
Hope Has Two Daughters
Hope Has Two Daughters offers a glimpse inside two Iranian revolutions from the perspectives of a mother and daughter.
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Me and You and the Red Canoe
A gorgeously illustrated, lyrical story about experiencing the wonders of the natural world.
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The Mosaic
A teenaged pacifist and a PTSD-afflicted Marine form an unexpected bond over a secret buried in a decommissioned nuclear missile silo.
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A charming tale and a solid addition for one-on-one and small group sharing.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_1":"Milan Pavlovic’s vibrant illustrations perfectly depict the physical comedy of Todd’s predicament in Glen Huser’s funny and tender story about a new big brother and his fascination with a snuggly.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"49th Shelf","OtherText_Review_2":"Like the story, the illustrations are simple yet poignant. . . . The Snuggly comes together tastefully, without heavy-handed moralism.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire","OtherText_Review_3":"A slapstick story about a boy who sees how many items he can fit in his little sister’s baby carrier.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_4":"This cute and funny story will engage readers, especially those who have experience with siblings in snugglies.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"BayViews","OtherText_Review_5":"[The story] will provide much amusement to young children with smaller siblings.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Resource Links","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A treasure box, a book, a snack, a stray kitten, a jar of pollywogs and a travel mug – what else can Todd fit in his sister’s snuggly?","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover jacket","PublicationDate":"2018-04-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"A treasure box, a book, a snack, a stray kitten, a jar of pollywogs and a travel mug – what else can Todd fit in his sister’s snuggly?","Width":"10","WidthCode":"in"}
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The Snuggly
A treasure box, a book, a snack, a stray kitten, a jar of pollywogs and a travel mug – what else can Todd fit in his sister’s snuggly?
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Is American Democracy in Crisis?
The twenty-first semi-annual Munk Debate considers the current crisis of American democracy.
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The 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology
The annual anthology of the best Canadian and international poetry, edited by Ian Williams, winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
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Maya’s initial unhappiness gives way to acceptance and love in a way young readers are sure to understand. 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ages 4
to 7
/ grades K
to 2
When I Found Grandma
Maya longs to see her grandmother, but when Grandma arrives from far away for a visit, she is not quite what Maya expected.
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ages 7
to 10
/ grades 2
to 5
Your Turn, Adrian
A graphic novel about feeling vulnerable and struggling to meet expectations, and about friendship and the power of the imagination.
