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{"id":6816111034427,"title":"Birding with Yeats","handle":"birding-with-yeats","description":"\u003cp\u003eA delicately rendered memoir on motherhood, family, and the beauty of the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn fall 2007, Lynn Thomson experiences a huge life shift. Her teenage son, Yeats, is just beginning high school. Yeats has always struggled against the system, against the pressure to conform. He is a poet at heart: acutely sensitive, highly intelligent, and solitary by nature. Lynn and Yeats have always been close, but after fourteen years as a stay-at-home mom Lynn is going back to work for her husband, Ben, who has just opened his own bookstore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Lynn and Yeats take a trip to Vancouver Island, they discover a mutual love of bird watching. Lynn is the only other person Yeats has found who loves nature and watching birds. Plus, she has a car. 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Birding with Yeats
A delicately rendered memoir on motherhood, family, and the beauty of the natural world.
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Coady's writing is witty and sensitive... this is a fantastic book that shouldn't be missed.","OtherText_Quot_16":"Sentence for sentence, Lynn Coady is one of the most dynamic prose stylists in Canadian letters.","OtherText_Quot_17":"Only a writer as wonderfully gifted as Lynn Coady could elicit such extraordinary sympathy for a character as full of self-destructive rage as Rank, her main character. You won't soon forget either him or this haunting novel.","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“[Lynn Coady] has a hearty wit and a piercing understanding of human nature . . . [she] has made herself one of our essential writers.” — \u003cstrong\u003eJeet Heer, \u003cem\u003eQuill and Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Auth":"Jeet Heer","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Quill \u0026 Quire","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“The Antagonist could have not have come at a better time. In our fast, media-saturated world, this novel gives the reader the refreshing and increasingly rare opportunity to take a closer, more compassionate look at someone wrongly judged by his outer shell.” — \u003cstrong\u003eHeather Leighton, \u003cem\u003eRover Arts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10":"\u003cp\u003e“Unhinged at times, cathartic, lyrical and brave ... the reader must simply sit back and enjoy.” — \u003cstrong\u003eNathaniel G. Moore, \u003cem\u003eRabble\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10_Auth":"Nathaniel G. Moore","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"Rabble","OtherText_Review_11":"\u003cp\u003e“... 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You won't soon forget either him or this haunting novel.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichard Russo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_14_Auth":"Laurie D Graham","OtherText_Review_14_Src":"Richard Russo","OtherText_Review_15":"\u003cp\u003e“...sharp and very funny...the pathos and humor brought to a challenging life story will appeal to many readers.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_15_Auth":"Laurie D Graham","OtherText_Review_15_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_16":"\u003cp\u003e“A genuinely fascinating character [whose] emails evolve from clumsy rages to thoughtful, measured ruminations on crucial events in his life...But it is Coady’s ability to realistically portray his teens and university years and empathetically conduct his search for self that makes The Antagonist more than just entertainment.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_16_Auth":"Laurie D Graham","OtherText_Review_16_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_17":"\u003cp\u003e“Smartly tuned and as unsettling as it intends to be...Coady expertly renders a man who's compelled to address his past but not entirely ready to look in the mirror [and her novel] is a caution to tread carefully.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_17_Auth":"Laurie D Graham","OtherText_Review_17_Src":"Kirkus","OtherText_Review_18":"\u003cp\u003e“... a stunning new novel. Coady's writing is witty and sensitive... this is a fantastic book that shouldn't be missed.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaily Beast\/Newsweek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_18_Auth":"Nicholas Mancusi","OtherText_Review_18_Src":"Daily Beast\/Newsweek","OtherText_Review_19":"\u003cp\u003e“...[a] clever and sympathetic exploration of male friendship.” — \u003cstrong\u003eRon Charles, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_19_Auth":"Ron Charles","OtherText_Review_19_Src":"Washington Post","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Heather Leighton","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Rover Arts","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“... thoroughly engrossing ... a breathless and frequently hilarious narrative ... one of the freshest voices in years.” — \u003cstrong\u003eZoe Whittall, \u003cem\u003eFASHION Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Zoe Whittall","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"FASHION Magazine","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“. . . a richly comic creation . . . a revealing effort in cross-gender empathy.” — \u003cstrong\u003eJoel Yanofsky, \u003cem\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Joel Yanofsky","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Montreal Gazette","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“A deft blend of farce, tragedy and wry social comment, The Antagonist is no mean feat.” — \u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Carey, \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Barbara Carey","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“. . . far more complex than the hilarious one-liners that make her work so irresistible to read.” — \u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Gunning, \u003cem\u003eEdmonton Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Margaret Gunning","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Edmonton Journal","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“In this coming-of-age tale, male friendships and relationships are explored in all their goofiness and complexity . . . [Lynn Coady is] one of Canada's best writers of fiction.” — \u003cstrong\u003eDana Medoro, \u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Dana Medoro","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“. . . a readable, quixotic coming-of-age story, a comedy of very bad manners, and a thoughtful inquiry into the very nature of self. It’s the sort of novel -- and Coady the sort of writer -- deserving of every accolade coming to it.” — \u003cstrong\u003eRobert J. Wiersema, \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Auth":"Robert J. Wiersema","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"National Post","OtherText_Review_8":"\u003cp\u003e“. . . by turns angry, funny, tender and sad . . . The Antagonist is a full-bodied work of fiction.” — \u003cstrong\u003eGiles Blunt, \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_8_Auth":"Giles Blunt","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_9":"\u003cp\u003e“The Antagonist is a crafty, technically-accomplished series of meditations on subjects ranging from manhood and self-knowledge to tricky father-son relationships.” — \u003cstrong\u003eBrett Joseph Grubisic, \u003cem\u003eVancouver Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_9_Auth":"Brett Joseph Grubisic","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Vancouver Sun","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"From bestselling novelist Lynn Coady comes an unforgettable, unflinching story of a life gone wrong.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_2":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_3":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_4":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_5":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_6":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"04","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeCode_2":"03","PrizeCode_3":"03","PrizeCode_4":"03","PrizeCode_5":"01","PrizeCode_6":"03","PrizeName_0":"Scotiabank Giller Prize","PrizeName_1":"Amazon.ca Best Books: Editors' Pick","PrizeName_2":"Amazon.ca Best Books: Canadian Fiction","PrizeName_3":"Globe and Mail Top 100 Book","PrizeName_4":"Toronto Star Reviewers' Top 100 Books","PrizeName_5":"Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction","PrizeName_6":"Washington Post Top 100 Noteable Books","PrizeYear_0":"2011","PrizeYear_1":"2011","PrizeYear_2":"2011","PrizeYear_3":"2011","PrizeYear_4":"2011","PrizeYear_5":"2012","PrizeYear_6":"2013","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2011-08-03","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"From bestselling novelist Lynn Coady comes an unforgettable, unflinching story of a life gone wrong."}
The Antagonist
From bestselling novelist Lynn Coady comes an unforgettable, unflinching story of a life gone wrong.
Heartbeat, Wingbeat
A child tries their hardest to get the forest birds to eat from their hand in this funny and relatable story about finding patience and connection.
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Like This
Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, Like This takes you inside small-town Nova Scotia to expose the troubles that lie at its heart.
