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{"id":7130424574011,"title":"Broughtupsy","handle":"broughtupsy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAkúa is returning home to Jamaica for the first time in ten years. Her younger brother has died suddenly, and Akúa hopes to reconnect with her estranged older sister, Tamika. Over three fateful weeks, the sisters visit significant places from their childhood where Akúa spreads her brother’s ashes. But time spent with Tamika only seems to make apparent how different they are and how alone Akúa feels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Akúa meets Jayda, a brash stripper who reveals a different side of Kingston. As the two women grow closer, Akúa is forced to confront the difficult reality of being gay in a deeply religious family, and what it means to be a gay woman in Jamaica. Her trip comes to a frenzied and dangerous end, but not without a glimmer of hope of how to be at peace with her sister—and herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy turns diasporic family saga, bildungsroman, and terse sexual awakening, \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e asks: What are we willing to do for family, and what are we willing to do to feel at home?\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-07-27T13:20:33-04:00","created_at":"2023-05-08T16:35:34-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult BIPOC Voices","Adult LGBTQ+","By (author) Cooke Christina","House of Anansi Press","Literary Fiction","pub date: 2024-01-23"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":2299,"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":41234854969403,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487012762","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Broughtupsy - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2299,"weight":272,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487012762","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41234856050747,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487012779","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Broughtupsy - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487012779","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fed4afdf-c3b6-4f84-972e-3a03d5475964.jpg?v=1705983168"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fed4afdf-c3b6-4f84-972e-3a03d5475964.jpg?v=1705983168","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24125603676219,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2475,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fed4afdf-c3b6-4f84-972e-3a03d5475964.jpg?v=1705983168"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2475,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fed4afdf-c3b6-4f84-972e-3a03d5475964.jpg?v=1705983168","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eAkúa is returning home to Jamaica for the first time in ten years. Her younger brother has died suddenly, and Akúa hopes to reconnect with her estranged older sister, Tamika. Over three fateful weeks, the sisters visit significant places from their childhood where Akúa spreads her brother’s ashes. But time spent with Tamika only seems to make apparent how different they are and how alone Akúa feels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Akúa meets Jayda, a brash stripper who reveals a different side of Kingston. As the two women grow closer, Akúa is forced to confront the difficult reality of being gay in a deeply religious family, and what it means to be a gay woman in Jamaica. Her trip comes to a frenzied and dangerous end, but not without a glimmer of hope of how to be at peace with her sister—and herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy turns diasporic family saga, bildungsroman, and terse sexual awakening, \u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e asks: What are we willing to do for family, and what are we willing to do to feel at home?\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Born in Jamaica, Christina is now a Canadian citizen who lives and writes in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Cooke, Christina (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003eAkúa is returning home to Jamaica for the first time in ten years. Her younger brother has died suddenly, and Akúa hopes to reconnect with her estranged older sister, Tamika. Over three fateful weeks, the sisters visit significant places from their childhood where Akúa spreads her brother’s ashes. But time spent with Tamika only seems to make apparent how different they are and how alone Akúa feels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Akúa meets Jayda, a brash stripper who reveals a different side of Kingston. As the two women grow closer, Akúa is forced to confront the difficult reality of being gay in a deeply religious family, and what it means to be a gay woman in Jamaica. 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Cooke’s sharp imagination grows the more you read this novel, which by turns, brims with careful, sensitive storytelling. This debut promises, delivers, and delights.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Canisia Lubrin, author of Code Noir","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003eThrough prose that leaps off the page and burrows under your skin, Christina Cooke renders a Jamaica that is lush, sensuous, and brimming with hope and joy. A heartrending exploration of grief, loss, identity, and desire—of family and all the ways the ones you love can hurt and heal you—\u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is a marvel.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Jasmine Sealy, author of The Island of Forgetting","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\u003cp\u003eCooke's prose is vivid, propulsive, and visceral.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Angie Cruz, author of How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water","OtherText_Accolades_3":"\u003cp\u003eChristina Cooke’s \u003cem \u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is a searing, touching, and often funny meditation on family fault lines drawn by migration, homophobia, cultural difference, and sibling order, from a talented new writer among us.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_3_Auth":"Emily Raboteau, author of Searching for Zion","OtherText_Accolades_4":"\u003cp\u003ePeppered with music, sensuality, and unflinching emotion, \u003cem \u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e completely immersed me in Akúa’s fraught homecoming journey through the heat and the heart of Kingston. Christina Cooke poses thrillingly nuanced, provocative questions about what it means to feel at home, what we owe to our families, and how to guard the boundaries of the self while navigating it all. A gorgeous debut!\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_4_Auth":"Dawnie Walton, author of The Final Revival of Opal \u0026 Nev","OtherText_Accolades_5":"\u003cp\u003eA luminous tale of a latter-day Antigone who navigates grief, love, death, sex, violence, language, queerness, race, and three countries with courage, joy, and a tender heart.\u003cem \u003e Broughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is an instant classic and Christina Cooke brings beauty and truth to every page.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_5_Auth":"Stacey D'Erasmo, author of The Complicities","OtherText_Accolades_6":"\u003cp\u003eWhat a brilliant novel \u003cem \u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e is, with its crackling dialogue and vivid descriptions of the sights, sounds, and smells of Kingston—don’t read it when you’re hungry! 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Christina Cooke weaves a tale of personal revelation and desire, spun from a language that is agile, vibrant, and expert in its registers.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_8_Auth":"Wayde Compton, author of The Outer Harbour and The Blue Road: A Fable of Migration","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eChristina Cooke is one of the winners of this year’s Writers’ Trust McClelland \u0026 Stewart Journey Prize. She holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of New Brunswick and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Born in Jamaica, Christina is now a Canadian citizen who lives and writes in New York City.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is a co-publication with prestigious US independent press Catapult.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis beautifully written novel features a Black queer protagonist returning home in an attempt to answer questions about family, identity, love, and belonging.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003eThe story builds to a fierce, then sweetly redemptive, climax. The voice of innocence, the violence, and the sibling dynamics of Cooke’s debut recall Justin Torres’ \u003cem \u003eWe the Animals \u003c\/em\u003e(2011), also a queer coming-of-age story—but this blend of those elements is as unique as a thumbprint. Vivid, emotionally intense, and unafraid of the dark.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003eCooke makes an assured debut … [She] successfully evokes the temerity and rebellious intelligence of Françoise Sagan’s \u003cem \u003eBonjour Tristesse.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003eA moving coming-of-age story.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003e\u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e gives intersectionality a face, name, and head full of braids in this brilliant exploration of family, migration, queerness, and love.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2024-01-23","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003e\u003cem\u003eBroughtupsy\u003c\/em\u003e gives intersectionality a face, name, and head full of braids in this brilliant exploration of family, migration, queerness, and love.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Subtitle":"A Novel","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
Broughtupsy
Broughtupsy gives intersectionality a face, name, and head full of braids in this brilliant exploration of family, migration, queerness, and love.
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{"id":7168124518459,"title":"Bury the Lead","handle":"bury-the-lead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a community full of secrets … and murder. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCat Conway has recently returned to Port Ellis to work as a reporter at the \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Packet\u003c\/em\u003e. She’s fled the tattered remains of her high-profile career and bad divorce for the holiday town of her childhood, famous for its butter tarts, theatre, and a century-old feud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Cat’s first assignments is to interview legendary actor Eliot Fraser, the lead in the theatre’s season opener of \u003cem\u003eInherit the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e. When Eliot ends up dead onstage on opening night, the curtain rises on the sleepy town’s secrets. The suspects include the actor whose career Eliot ruined, the ex-wife he betrayed, the women he abused, and even the baker he wronged. With the attention of the world on Port Ellis, this story could be Cat’s chance to restore her reputation. But the police think she’s a suspect, and the murderer wants to kill the story—and her too. Can Cat solve the mystery before she loses her job or becomes the next victim of a killer with a theatrical bent for vengeance?\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-07-27T13:33:40-04:00","created_at":"2023-07-27T13:28:25-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["A Quill \u0026 Packet Mystery","Adult Bestseller","By (author) Hilton Kate","By (author) Renzetti Elizabeth","Feminist Reads","pub date: 2024-03-05","Spiderline","Thrillers \u0026 Mystery"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":2299,"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":41382828113979,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487012625","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Bury the Lead - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2299,"weight":331,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487012625","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41382830768187,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487012632","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Bury the Lead - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487012632","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_13da7008-a119-4bc3-9137-336078c3b823.jpg?v=1706946947"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_13da7008-a119-4bc3-9137-336078c3b823.jpg?v=1706946947","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24157458038843,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.665,"height":2249,"width":1495,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_13da7008-a119-4bc3-9137-336078c3b823.jpg?v=1706946947"},"aspect_ratio":0.665,"height":2249,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_13da7008-a119-4bc3-9137-336078c3b823.jpg?v=1706946947","width":1495}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a community full of secrets … and murder. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCat Conway has recently returned to Port Ellis to work as a reporter at the \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Packet\u003c\/em\u003e. She’s fled the tattered remains of her high-profile career and bad divorce for the holiday town of her childhood, famous for its butter tarts, theatre, and a century-old feud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Cat’s first assignments is to interview legendary actor Eliot Fraser, the lead in the theatre’s season opener of \u003cem\u003eInherit the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e. When Eliot ends up dead onstage on opening night, the curtain rises on the sleepy town’s secrets. The suspects include the actor whose career Eliot ruined, the ex-wife he betrayed, the women he abused, and even the baker he wronged. With the attention of the world on Port Ellis, this story could be Cat’s chance to restore her reputation. But the police think she’s a suspect, and the murderer wants to kill the story—and her too. Can Cat solve the mystery before she loses her job or becomes the next victim of a killer with a theatrical bent for vengeance?\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Bury the Lead
A big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a community full of secrets … and murder.
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Hair for Men
The second novel by Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Michelle Winters teems with hot towel shaves and the steady thrum of female rage.
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However Far Away
A sweeping family saga set against the backdrop of a traditional Sikh wedding.
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I Never Said That I Was Brave
A taut tale of female friendship and betrayal.
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And the divergent possibilities in the novel’s ambiguous ending scene give readers two very different stories to ponder after the final word.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWillamette Week\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_12_Src":"The Times","OtherText_Review_13":"\u003cp\u003e\"Bright and entertaining from beginning to end.\" —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"Daily Mail","OtherText_Review_14":"\u003cp\u003e\"A touching, affectionate novel showing, without cliché or agenda, that engagement in old age is a courageous act to be applauded.\" —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Big Issue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_14_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_15":"\u003cp\u003e\"deWitt is at his best writing dramatic and comedic scenes … He’s a writer who plays with the conventions of the realist novel.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBritish Columbia Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_15_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_16":"\u003cp\u003e\"This novel begs to be read.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_16_Src":"Chicago Tribune","OtherText_Review_17":"\u003cp\u003e\"Filled with profound heartbreak and humour … After just a few pages of acclimatization to his style, we’re immersed in deWitt’s world.\" —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_17_Src":"Walrus","OtherText_Review_18":"\u003cp\u003e\"DeWitt is a fabulous stylist and unquestionably gifted storyteller … \u003cem \u003eThe Librarianist \u003c\/em\u003estands out most when [he] explores the depths of human relationships and traces the evolutionary development of one man for whom fellow humans have led to unplanned disappointments.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCanadian Notes and Queries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_18_Src":"I've Read This Blog","OtherText_Review_19":"\u003cp\u003eDeWitt is a fabulous stylist and unquestionably gifted storyteller … \u003cem \u003eThe Librarianist \u003c\/em\u003estands out most when [he] explores the depths of human relationships and traces the evolutionary development of one man for whom fellow humans have led to unplanned disappointments.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_19_Src":"Canadian Notes and Queries","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Booklist, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e\"deWitt’s writing and endearing characters create a memorable world.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e\"deWitt is one of the great literary ventriloquists, producing funny, quirky, richly imagined novels shaped each time by a wildly different narrative voice.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Bookpage","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e\"A character study of almost defiant gentleness.\" —\u003cstrong \u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Willamette Week","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e\"Personal and existential ... deWitt cobbles together a complicated but heartfelt treatise on introversion and the value of a life lived through books ... [\u003cem \u003eThe Librarianist\u003c\/em\u003e] never strays far from what makes his novels so delightful: his dexterity with language, his interest in what happens when words fail, and the rare moments where they land.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWalrus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Minneapolis Star Tribune","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e\"Utterly charming … Characters come alive immediately on the page and there’s simply an energy to deWitt’s books that make them pleasurable to spend time with.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"The Daily Telegraph","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e\"deWitt’s great gift lies in his ability to depict the Everyman in extremis – heroism hidden in plain sight.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Big Issue","OtherText_Review_8":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem \u003e\"The Librarianist\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel that’s interested in happiness … There are elements to be savoured in the nuance of particulars on the page.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eZoomer Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Los Angeles Times","OtherText_Review_9":"\u003cp\u003e\"A bittersweet tale of a retired librarian … deWitt imbues the people he meets with color and quirks, leaving a trail of sparks … This one gradually takes hold until it won’t let go.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"British Columbia Review","OtherText_Review_quote_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional Praise for Patrick deWitt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“One of this country’s most distinct voices in fiction.” —\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“deWitt is a stealth absurdist, with a flair for dressing up rhyme as reason.” —\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“My take on Patrick deWitt is that he is a thrilling writer likely to last past our soon-to-be-bygone time.” —\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I will read every book Patrick deWitt writes … deWitt’s writing is always intriguingly off-center.” —\u003cem\u003ePoets \u0026 Writers \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“deWitt is in possession of a fresh, lively voice that surprises at every turn.” —\u003cem\u003eVanity Fair \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“deWitt is the master of episodic structure. 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The Librarianist
A new novel from bestselling author Patrick deWitt explores the life of an ordinary man whose world is turned upside down by a chance encounter.
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Ringland paints Esther’s pain onto the page without judgment.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"The Miramichi Reader","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem \u003eThe Seven Skins of Esther Wilding\u003c\/em\u003e is an enjoyable read infused with folklore, mythology, and mystery … It is a story that is raw and honest, that explores the slippery parts of grief and how love and joy eventually help us resurface from it. 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The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding
A haunting, magical novel about joy, grief, courage and transformation from the international bestselling author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.
