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It teaches about honoring family and standing up for what you believe to be right while sharing the excitement of sport and doing something you love.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Jamie Leach, NHL Stanley Cup Champion and NHL Indigenous Alumni","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003eA well-written and engaging hockey novel. Rosner's hockey overlay will appeal to reluctant readers and her Cold War intrigue may hook them into branching out.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Marsha Skrypuch, author of 'Making Bombs for Hitler'","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\u003cp\u003eWith skilled pacing and characters that are fully developed, \u003cem\u003eEyes on the Ice\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful story of family loyalty. Rosner has used the sport of hockey as a vehicle to tell her story, but the family dynamics, angst, and tension are so skillfully written that the gripping story of the three brothers will appeal to any middle grade reader. This is a book that should be in every public and school library.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Lorna Schultz Nicholson, author of the Amazing Hockey Stories series","OtherText_Accolades_3":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEyes on the Ice\u003c\/em\u003e is engaging historical fiction. Its timely themes of politics, standing up to a repressive regime and hockey will keep readers turning the page and cheering for brothers Lukas and Denys and their family.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_3_Auth":"Frieda Wishinsky, international award-winning author of over eighty books, including 'We Belong Here'","OtherText_Accolades_4":"\u003cp\u003eA splendid read and amazing page-turner. I could not put it down. ... Five stars!\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_4_Auth":"Marty Klinkenberg, Globe and Mail","OtherText_Accolades_5":"\u003cp\u003eIn her latest book \u003cem\u003eEyes on the Ice\u003c\/em\u003e, Anna Rosner brings a fresh, new perspective to the introduction of hockey to a pair of young brothers. Lukas and Denys are growing up in the former Communist country of Czechoslovakia in the early 1960s. Besides detailing the barriers the youngsters encounter just to play the sport, Rosner cleverly weaves in a story of how they face a difficult decision early on in their careers and how their infinite love for a family member cements their choice.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_5_Auth":"Sam Laskaris, Toronto sports writer","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA work of historical fiction that provides young readers with some historical context for today’s conflict in Eastern Europe — describing life in a Russia-annexed country under the brutal regime of a Soviet police state. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToday’s readers will connect with the kid’s-eye view of playing hockey at its most unencumbered and joyful — shinny on a lumpy outdoor rink, second-hand skates, no helmets or pads, and two rubber boots as goalposts. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe novel has been carefully researched and draws on the real-life experiences of individuals who lived in Communist Prague and Soviet Russia. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe incredible escape by train is based on a true incident that took place in 1951, when a Czech engineer rammed a train through the Czechoslovakia\/Germany border, allowing many passengers to flee the Soviet regime.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003eFor one month, we skate twice a week in the dim light from the street, though on clear nights we play by moonlight. I can feel where Denys and Andrej are in the shadows, hear the movement of the puck and know how fast it’s going and how far it will travel. Sometimes I even pass the puck to them blind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\tFor one long month, this is our only hockey life. And for one long month, Alex asks every day where our father is and when he’s coming home.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA work of historical fiction that provides young readers with some historical context for today’s conflict in Eastern Europe — describing life in a Russia-annexed country under the brutal regime of a Soviet police state. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToday’s readers will connect with the kid’s-eye view of playing hockey at its most unencumbered and joyful — shinny on a lumpy outdoor rink, second-hand skates, no helmets or pads, and two rubber boots as goalposts. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe novel has been carefully researched and draws on the real-life experiences of individuals who lived in Communist Prague and Soviet Russia. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe incredible escape by train is based on a true incident that took place in 1951, when a Czech engineer rammed a train through the Czechoslovakia\/Germany border, allowing many passengers to flee the Soviet regime.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003eRosner strikes just the right balance ... She maintains suspense through strategic pacing as Lukas encounters peril.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn absorbing window into recent history.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003eReaders will cheer for Lukas and Denys, fear for their safety, and rejoice when the siblings get to play hockey. A book sure to delight sports and historical fiction fans.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003eThis riveting story about sorting truth from lies and when to blur the lines between, will appeal to young sports fans and historians alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Historical Novel Society","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003eThis excellent book for young readers provides much historical information about the time of Soviet rule in Eastern Europe, as well as fun descriptions of hockey skills.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Children's Literature Comprehensive Database","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e[Rosner] seamlessly integrates facts into the narrative ... giving the basic information needed to understand the historical context without losing the thread of the story.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"CM: Canadian Review of Materials","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 1963, under the brutal Communist regime, two hockey-loving brothers must throw a game in a Soviet-Czech tournament to help their imprisoned father.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2024-09-03","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 1963, under the brutal Communist regime, two hockey-loving brothers must throw a game in a Soviet-Czech tournament to help their imprisoned father.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Width":"5","WidthCode":"in"}
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Eyes on the Ice
In 1963, under the brutal Communist regime, two hockey-loving brothers must throw a game in a Soviet-Czech tournament to help their imprisoned father.
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Far to Go
This epic novel takes you inside an affluent Jewish family in the lead-up to Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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Fate
The first book in a gripping new Ava Lee spin-off series featuring Uncle Chow Tung and his ascendancy to the head of the Triad gang in Fanling.
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{"id":6814243291195,"title":"Fear","handle":"fear","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA masterpiece of psychological suspense for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe Need to Talk About Kevin\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRandolph Tiefenthaler insists he had a normal childhood, though he grew up with a father who kept thirty loaded guns in the house. A modestly successful architect with an attractive, intelligent wife, Rebecca, and two children, Randolph finds his life turned upside down when his father, a man he loves yet has always feared, is imprisoned for murder.\u003ci\u003e… \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFear\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the twisted events leading up to his father’s incarceration. It begins when Randolph and his family move into a new building and meet their neighbour, Dieter Tiberius, the peculiar yet seemingly friendly man living in the basement apartment. 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Fear
A masterpiece of psychological suspense for fans of The Dinner and We Need to Talk About Kevin.
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Fearless as Possible (Under the Circumstances)
In this smart and inspiring memoir, Donlon chronicles her impressive career, which has put her at the forefront of the changes in the music industry.
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Here is a novel about complex love and cauterizing grief, about past and present and how memory knits them together, about a fiercely close community and its universal struggles, and finally about our need to imagine a future, no matter how fragile, before we truly come home. This is a profound, gorgeous, heart-stopping work from one of our best writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9780887849626","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9780887849626\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"320","OtherText_Review_0":"...exquisitely mindful...All is suffering, certainly, but it's just as true that all is also pretty funny. Moore gets this. She gets life...Moore offers us, elegantly, exultantly, the very consciousness of her characters. In this way, she does more than make us feel for them. She makes us feel what they feel, which is the point of literature and maybe even the point of being human.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_1":"...here is writing that examines the richness of the everyday with an incredibly keen eye and renders it without sentimentality but with profound empathy...Like standing in the February winter wind, reading this novel is harrowing, almost painful, but once you step out of it, you appreciate the warmth in your world that much more.","OtherText_Review_10":"It has been a joy indeed to discover Lisa Moore. Despite her great success with a previous novel and two collections of short fiction, February is the first book I have read by this talented Canadian writer. I shall soon be reading the rest.","OtherText_Review_10_Auth":"Gabriel Weston","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"Daily Telegraph","OtherText_Review_11":"Lisa Moore is an astonishing writer. She brings to her pages what we are always seeking in fiction and only find the best of it: a magnetizing gift for revealing how the earth feels, looks, tastes, smells, and an unswerving instinct for what's important in life.","OtherText_Review_11_Src":"Richard Ford","OtherText_Review_12":"Lisa Moore's work is passionate, gritty, lucid and, beautiful. She has a great gift.","OtherText_Review_12_Src":"Anne Enright","OtherText_Review_13":"Loneliness is hard to write about without become maudlin or cliched. But Moore never errs on the side of sentimentality...There's an economy in Moore's style that shows us how a once vibrant life can be whittled down by pain and loneliness. But, by grounding her writing in the physical world, Moore shows how life's everyday tasks and encounters create a comforting continuity that allows forward movement.","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"National Post","OtherText_Review_14":"Luminous.","OtherText_Review_14_Src":"More","OtherText_Review_15":"Moore deftly weaves together the present...and the past, evoking memory and grief in pitch-perfect detail.","OtherText_Review_15_Src":"New Yorker","OtherText_Review_16":"Moore never errs on the side of sentimentality...Loneliness is hard to write about without becoming maudlin or cliched. But Moore seems to understand this very human facility, describing the unconscious ways we sometimes try to avoid feeling overwhelmed by it...Moore shows how life's everyday tasks and encounters create a comforting continuity that eventually wears down emotional pain to allow forward movement...You'll be surprised at this novel's ability to uplift.","OtherText_Review_16_Src":"Ottawa Citizen","OtherText_Review_17":"Moore pens another triumph...emotional tension, coupled with an acute eye for regional setting and dialect, has long been a hallmark of Moore's work...the hauntingly beautiful February, is likely to turn some heads and hearts as well.","OtherText_Review_17_Src":"Chronicle Herald","OtherText_Review_18":"Moore's writing resembles poetry...She expertly captures her characters' physical surroundings in sharp-edged fragments of colour and sensation...Helen comes across as a perfectly ordinary woman...But that's what [February] is about: a perfectly ordinary woman whose life is profoundly changed by an extraordinary event. This is a marvellous book.","OtherText_Review_18_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_19":"Soaring.","OtherText_Review_19_Src":"Chatelaine","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"matrix","OtherText_Review_2":"...here is writing that examines the richness of the everyday with an incredibly keen eye and renders it without sentimentality but with profound empathy.","OtherText_Review_20":"There is no one else in the country who can touch Lisa Moore's elegant rendering of language...She's distinctive, and what she does with language is nothing less than dazzling, and then there is her uncanny ability to inhabit every pore and sinew of her endearingly human characters...What she does with language is pure art.","OtherText_Review_20_Src":"Salty Ink","OtherText_Review_21":"This mesmerising book is full of tears, and is a graceful meditation on how to survive life's losses.","OtherText_Review_21_Src":"Marie Claire","OtherText_Review_22":"...a stark tale of cauterizing grief, one that left me spellbound in admiration...a well-conceived work of the imagination...","OtherText_Review_22_Src":"Sun Times (Owen Sound)","OtherText_Review_23":"[February] is what great prose should be...a work of art...a moving narrative of risk, love, loss, and surviving...","OtherText_Review_23_Src":"Newfoundland Quarterly","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"matrix","OtherText_Review_3":"...Moore has established with her second novel a distinctive voice in Canadian literature. Language in Moore's capable hands is often deceptively spare, revealing for the careful reader layers of acute insight. Her writing in February is characterized by a raw, stream-of-consciousness intensity...","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Literary Review of Canada","OtherText_Review_4":"...Moore, whose previous novel, Alligator (2006), won a Commonwealth Writers' Prize, renders sensations with the precision of a Vermeer.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_5":"A solid, unflinching, unsentimental study of grief...Moore's descriptive powers, her enviable ability to highlight defining elements of character (either individual or societal) by making perceptive observations, are, as always, in evidence.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Daily Telegram","OtherText_Review_6":"Although Moore does a good job of depicting remembered incidents the novel is best in its intimate rendering of thought and feeling.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Express","OtherText_Review_7":"An intense and absorbing read.","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Coventry Telegraph","OtherText_Review_8":"Canadian writer Lisa Moore's second novel solidifies her reputation as a gifted writer whose prose exhibits an urgency, precision, and sensitivity worthy of the legacy of Virginia Woolf.","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"The World","OtherText_Review_9":"Complex yet clear, compelling and profound, the style is a joy to read and Lisa Moore's story-spinning gift is great. 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Lisa Moore's unforgettable second novel examines the aftermath of 1982's Ocean Ranger disaster within the community of St. John's.
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Marie-Louise Gay suggests that if children are given the time and space to explore the many paths to creativity, the results are brilliant and inspiring.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.6\u003cbr\u003e\r\nAcknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3\u003cbr\u003e\r\nDescribe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781773062266","Height":"9","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","MetaKeywords":"imagination; colors; drawing; crayon; sibling play; competition; magical realism; mixed-media illustrations; play; childhood; creativity; imagination; respect for others; pride; author studies; illustrator studies; connecting; visualizing; imagining; Common Core aligned; CC Literature Key Ideas and Details; CC Literature Craft and Structure; grade 1; grade 2; grade 3; picture book","NumberOfPages":"40","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA new book from world-renowned author and illustrator Marie-Louise Gay is always eagerly anticipated by fans.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eMarie-Louise introduces her readers to two new characters, twins Fern and Horn, as loveable as Stella and Sam.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe art is stunning — vibrant colors, humor, exquisite detail, with an adorable cat on almost every spread.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe book addresses themes of creativity, imagination and friendship in a meaningful way for young children.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eIn the text and illustrations, Marie-Louise is remarkably true to a child’s voice and gestures.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eCurriculum connections include Language arts \/ reading; Visual arts \/ creating and presenting.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Previous_review_q_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW COPIES:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eBooklist\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"A dazzling romp celebrating childhood and imagination.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_1":"Gay’s take-you-by-surprise, childlike mixed-media illustrations wittily shine a spotlight on children’s creativity and ingenuity, affirming that sharing can solve a multitude of conflicts . . . sometimes. . . . A real winner that’s as delightful as it is constructive.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Fern and Horn look like two peas in a pod, but they have very different ways of seeing the world in this joyful picture book about creativity.","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover jacket","PublicationDate":"2019-09-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"Fern and Horn look like two peas in a pod, but they have very different ways of seeing the world in this joyful picture book about creativity.","Width":"9","WidthCode":"in"}
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Fern and Horn
Fern and Horn look like two peas in a pod, but they have very different ways of seeing the world in this joyful picture book about creativity.
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Fever
Set in the rugged South African wasteland, Fever is an epic story of survival and betrayal for fans of Station Eleven and The Road.
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Dramatic, compassionate, and deeply moving, this unforgettable story reminds us that the Holocaust is not only history, it’s a warning.","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Author of Prayer for the Stolen and Widow Basquiat: A Love Story","OtherText_Accolades_2":"Fever at Dawn is a riveting and high-spirited journey from the brink of death toward life, a novel that asserts the power of love in a world newly devastated by unspeakable hate. With courage, humour, and unfailing emotional honesty, Péter Gárdos illuminates the incredible power of the human will — the drive not just to stay alive, but to fight for a life worth celebrating.","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Julie Orringer, author of The Invisible Bridge","OtherText_Accolades_3":"Péter Gárdos gives us the extraordinary tale of his parents’ courage, faith and love in the aftermath of the Holocaust … This book is a testament to the power of good to heal broken spirits, of love to empower hope, and of faith to sustain a celebration of life that could be shared down the generations … Gárdos shows that we survive together. It is not the past but the sharing of our humanity that enables individuals and societies to build new futures. It is the decision to trust life’s goodness and to act from it that enables us to thrive collectively. This is a powerful story for all of us, for today.","OtherText_Accolades_3_Auth":"Dr. Edith Eva Eger, Clinical Psychologist, Auschwitz Survivor, and author of The Choice","OtherText_Accolades_4":"Books don’t make me cry. Fever At Dawn did. Drawing you in with pathos and playful wit,it squeezes the heart with sorrow and leaves it expanded with joy and love.","OtherText_Accolades_4_Auth":"Gabor Maté M.D., author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction","OtherText_Accolades_5":"The impossibly moving story of two damaged youths who forge from their amour fou a love that will light the decades ahead. With playfulness and charm, with iron conviction, Fever at Dawn will convince you that it’s possible not only to survive the worst of human hell, but to transcend it.","OtherText_Accolades_5_Auth":"Francisco Goldman, author of Say Her Name","OtherText_Review_0":"Like other writers of fictionalised memoir — Karl Ove Knausgaard and Elena Ferrante come to mind — Gardos’s novel gains an extra dimension when the narrative reverts into the present tense, and he movingly considers the words his parents don’t write to each other in their letters … There is a timeless quality to Fever at Dawn, a kind of classical romanticism. Trite as it sounds, bromides such as “love conquers all” carry real weight when written in the context of Lili and Miklos’s story. Gardos’s fascinating novel is sure to become a staple in book clubs.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"The Australian","OtherText_Review_1":"Deeply moving … There is little in this story of the horrors of Belsen and forced labour on starvation rations, and much of friendship, determined persistence, and transcendent love.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Otago Daily Times","OtherText_Review_2":"[Fever at Dawn] has the sweetness of The Rosie Project and the pathos of The Fault in Our Stars … A book to fall in love with.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"The Herald Sun","OtherText_Review_3":"A poignant, ultimately uplifting story of how the longing for love and family can defy tragedy and terror.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Sunday Express","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A story of love based on the original ninety-six letters written by Miklós and Lili, two Holocaust survivors, and the author’s parents.","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover jacket","PublicationDate":"2016-04-30","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"A story of love based on the original ninety-six letters written by Miklós and Lili, two Holocaust survivors, and the author’s parents.","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
Fever at Dawn
A story of love based on the original ninety-six letters written by Miklós and Lili, two Holocaust survivors, and the author’s parents.
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Finale
The fourth and final installment in Ian Hamilton’s exhilarating Ava Lee spin-off series The Lost Decades of Uncle Chow Tung.
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Now the sidewalk was empty. Tiny lights strung between gas lamps and storefronts created a glittery canopy beneath which we stood. Charming, he’d said when we arrived earlier, a part of the city neither of us had seen. I was still in my clothes from that morning: white sweater, pencil skirt, suede ankle boots with zippers, high-heeled. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI’ll call a car, I said. Your hotel’s on the way to mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe rode in silence, the wet asphalt glowing red and green at stoplights. When we pulled up to his hotel, James turned to face me, adjusting his glasses. Okay, he said. Text me when you’re safely back. He leaned over to brush my cheek with his lips, but when the bellhop opened the rear door he didn’t get out. He sat looking ahead, rubbing a hand up and down, up and down his thigh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth of us 45, born in the same year, four months apart; both married to our spouses for twenty-three years. Two similarities in what had come to seem, in the time we’d known each other, a cosmically-ordained accumulation: born and raised in the desert southwest, allergic to peanuts, obsessed with the Christian mystics and quantum theory and Moby Dick. Children the same ages and genders—older girl, younger boy—and 96-year-old grandmothers who still lived independently. In the end it was this last fact that undid me, the longevity in our respective genes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe safe way to let yourself fall in love with someone who isn’t your spouse: imagine the life you might have together after both your spouses have passed away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(What I mean is, darling: when I made love with you that night, I was making love with the magnificent old man I knew you would become.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan I help with any bags? the bellhop said.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou’re at the Hyatt? James said to me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTake us to the Hyatt, he said to the driver, and pulled the door shut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e**\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this story begins where most end: a boy and a girl in love, a wedding, a happily-ever-after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalibu, June. A bride and four attendants on a grassy bluff above the Pacific. The morning is overcast, typical on the coast, the diffuse light ideal for photographs. The bride’s dress is raw silk in antique ivory and appears backlit against the slate of ocean. Sweetheart neckline, cap sleeves, full skirt with a train that will later gather into a bustle. She cradles her bouquet like an infant, six-dozen roses in various stages of bloom, blush pink. The groomsmen, fraternity brothers, have already been photographed. They wait inside the chapel, where in half an hour the ceremony will begin. They wear gray tuxedos with ascot ties and slick black shoes. Three, including the groom, have the same round tortoise-shell glasses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDown the coast, at the country club in Pacific Palisades, the caterers are assembling the cake: five tiers frosted in a basket-weave pattern, with real ivy and roses trailing down one side. The bride has selected a different flavor for each tier: butter cream, chocolate, spice, red velvet. The top layer—which will be placed in the couple’s freezer for their first anniversary, until one night while they’re out, the bride’s younger brother, knowing nothing about such traditions, eats the whole thing—is white-chocolate with raspberry-creme filling. The centerpieces are fishbowls with ivy and roses identical to those on the cake. They sit in a refrigerated van on Pacific Coast Highway, north of Sunset. The driver is stuck in beach traffic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there is plenty of time.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"There’s real humanity in this novel, and there are insights about love and longing.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"New York Times","OtherText_Review_1":"Rolling, raw, and sensual . . . The sentences burn with desire and disquiet. The novel is generously condensed, ardently focused, and its mechanisms poetic, not expository.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"New York Times Book Review","OtherText_Review_2":"A lean first novel steeped in theology, suburban domesticity, literary criticism, child-rearing and, most dramatically, infidelity, Fire Sermon sizzles and cools to the rhythm of its narrator Maggie's moods and meanderings.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Shelf Awareness","OtherText_Review_3":"The mechanics of Quatro’s novel are an enjoyable puzzle.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"An unflinching and profound portrait of Maggie and Thomas, and their disintegrating marriage.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeName_0":"An Economist Book of the Year","PrizeName_1":"Indie Next Pick","PrizeYear_0":"2018","PrizeYear_1":"2018","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2018-01-16","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"An unflinching and profound portrait of Maggie and Thomas, and their disintegrating marriage.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
Fire Sermon
An unflinching and profound portrait of Maggie and Thomas, and their disintegrating marriage.
