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{"id":6811233583163,"title":"Bonnie Jack","handle":"bonnie-jack","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of the internationally bestselling Ava Lee novels, a bold and captivating new novel about a search for lost family and the cost of keeping secrets.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a boy, Jack Anderson was abandoned by his mother in a Glasgow movie theatre. Now living in the United States and facing his impending retirement, Jack and his wife Anne travel to Scotland to track down his long-lost sister. Their journey takes them from their home in a quiet Boston suburb to the impoverished mill towns of Ayrshire, the gray cobbled streets of Glasgow, and the majestic Scottish Highlands. Along the way, Jack gets entangled in local affairs and must confront uncomfortable truths about family, legacy, and the wife he thought he knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBonnie Jack\u003c\/i\u003e, the first stand-alone novel by acclaimed author Ian Hamilton, is a compelling story about the importance of family, self-discovery, and the lengths we go to protect the ones we love.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-21T12:08:25-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-21T09:50:01-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["By (author) Hamilton Ian","House of Anansi Press","Literary Fiction","pub date: 2021-06-01"],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"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":40190668177467,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487007089","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Bonnie Jack - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2295,"weight":330,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487007089","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40190670536763,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487007096","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Bonnie Jack - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1895,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487007096","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40190670831675,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487007102","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Bonnie Jack - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1895,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487007102","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_66756db1-d373-4e49-a099-66eac6dc5774.jpg?v=1687689607"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_66756db1-d373-4e49-a099-66eac6dc5774.jpg?v=1687689607","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23553574535227,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_66756db1-d373-4e49-a099-66eac6dc5774.jpg?v=1687689607"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_66756db1-d373-4e49-a099-66eac6dc5774.jpg?v=1687689607","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of the internationally bestselling Ava Lee novels, a bold and captivating new novel about a search for lost family and the cost of keeping secrets.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a boy, Jack Anderson was abandoned by his mother in a Glasgow movie theatre. Now living in the United States and facing his impending retirement, Jack and his wife Anne travel to Scotland to track down his long-lost sister. Their journey takes them from their home in a quiet Boston suburb to the impoverished mill towns of Ayrshire, the gray cobbled streets of Glasgow, and the majestic Scottish Highlands. Along the way, Jack gets entangled in local affairs and must confront uncomfortable truths about family, legacy, and the wife he thought he knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBonnie Jack\u003c\/i\u003e, the first stand-alone novel by acclaimed author Ian Hamilton, is a compelling story about the importance of family, self-discovery, and the lengths we go to protect the ones we love.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Bonnie Jack
From the acclaimed author of the internationally bestselling Ava Lee series, a bold and captivating new novel about a search for lost family and the cost of keeping secrets.
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The Full Catastrophe
The Full Catastrophe is a funny and moving story of how we tell our own stories.
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Out of the Way! Out of the Way!
We see an Indian village grow from a sleepy little agricultural way station to a bustling metropolis. For fans of American classic The Little House.
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Parvana's Journey
This gripping novel and sequel to the international bestseller The Breadwinner tells the story of Parvana's quest to find her family in Afghanistan.
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No, this is a book that might be a picture book, might be a middle grade short novel, might be for young adults, and could certainly be for adults as well. The best I can say is that it’s a short story, illustrated. And that you’ll never read anything quite like it this year. … it could be a perfect book discussion group for kids and teens of all ages.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"This moving graphic novel tells the story of the affection between a girl and her grandfather. A sensitive portrayal of grief and pursuing a dream.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeName_0":"CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens","PrizeYear_0":"2017","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover","PublicationDate":"2017-05-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"This moving graphic novel tells the story of the affection between a girl and her grandfather. 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to 13
/ grades 5
to 8
Grandfather and the Moon
This moving graphic novel tells the story of the affection between a girl and her grandfather. A sensitive portrayal of grief and pursuing a dream.
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ages 4
to 8
/ grades K
to 3
Where Are You, Agnes?
This stunning picture-book imagining of artist Agnes Martin’s childhood gives readers a glimpse into the life and work of one of the most esteemed abstract painters of the twentieth century.
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ages 8
and up
/ grades 3
and up
The Composition
When soldiers take his friend's father away, things suddenly become complicated for Pedro, a situation all too familiar to children around the world.
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Lucky Dog
A heartwarming memoir by a renowned veterinary oncologist who tells us what we can learn about health care and ourselves from our most beloved pets.
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Song for a Summer Night
As night falls on a soft summer evening, neighborhood children are drawn out of their houses by the sights and sounds of the world after dark.
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Arroz con leche / Rice Pudding
The second title of Jorge Argueta's popular bilingual Cooking Poems series, celebrates the joys of preparing, eating and sharing food.
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A tour de force that takes us across centuries, past frontiers . . . and doesn’t hesitate to flirt with fantasy.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLe Devoir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Le Devoir","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“Historical fiction at its finest ... full of wit, whimsy, and a wellspring of historical detail” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMontreal Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Montreal Review of Books","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“Last year, Catherine Leroux’s The Party Wall arrived like a revelation: a French-Canadian novel with a continent-sized imagination, about connections between people over borders and across time. . . . [I]n The Longest Year Grenier engages a similar continental imaginary. The novel’s magic realist conceit — that a person born on Feb. 29 might age one year for every four — allows an epic swath of history with sweeping geography to match.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"The Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“[M]agical . . . spectacular . . . Grenier’s magnum opus . . . The Longest Year is the kind of book you want to tell people about. [Strauss] has masterfully translated L’année la plus longue, Grenier’s genre-volt-face, into The Longest Year — a year so good I wouldn’t mind living it a few times over myself, this novel’s plot begging for another crack.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe National Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"The National Post","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Daniel Grenier’s novel, perfect for fans of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, tells the story of a boy who ages only one out of every four years.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_2":"Long-listed","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"05","PrizeCode_2":"05","PrizeName_0":"Prix littéraire des collégiens","PrizeName_1":"Prix des libraires","PrizeName_2":"Prix littéraire France-Québec","PrizeYear_0":"2015","PrizeYear_1":"2015","PrizeYear_2":"2015","ProductFormDescription":"Lossless Format Audio, WAV","PublicationDate":"2017-03-25","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"Daniel Grenier’s novel, perfect for fans of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, tells the story of a boy who ages only one out of every four years.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
The Longest Year
Daniel Grenier’s novel, perfect for fans of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, tells the story of a boy who ages only one out of every four years.
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As with all this author’s books, the sensual is omnipresent, and sometimes troubling. The ending is overwhelming, and the chapter on the skinning of a whale is fantastic. Run to buy this book as soon as it arrives at the store!\" — \u003cstrong\u003eMichel Tremblay, Winner of the Governor General's Performing Arts Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Michel Tremblay, Winner of the Governor General's Performing Arts Award","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXCITING NEW NOVELIST:\u003c\\\/strong\u003e\u003c\\\/p\u003e\\r\\n\u003cp\u003eAudrée Wilhelmy’s debut novel was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award - one of the most prestigious Canadian Literary Awards. She has been a finalist for many other major French-Canadian book prizes. Her work has been acclaimed by French-language publications in Canada and Europe, including \u003cem\u003eLe Devoir\u003c\\\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLa Presse\u003c\\\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal de Montréal\u003c\\\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLe Monde\u003c\\\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eVogue Paris\u003c\\\/em\u003e. She is already a major force in literature!\u003c\\\/p\u003e\\r\\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMAJOR ATTENTION FOR AUDRÉE WILHELMY IN 2018:\u003c\\\/strong\u003e\u003c\\\/p\u003e\\r\\n\u003cp\u003eIn December 2018, a play based on her novel \u003cem\u003eLes sangs\u003c\\\/em\u003e will premier at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The author recently completed a three-month, $7,000 residency at the Librairie Monet in Montreal, which garnered strong media coverage.\u003c\\\/p\u003e\\r\\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST TIME APPEARING IN ENGLISH:\u003c\\\/strong\u003e\u003c\\\/p\u003e\\r\\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Body of Beasts\u003c\\\/em\u003e is the author’s first work to appear in English, and it is being translated by Susan Ouriou. 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Perched on the guardrails or on the backs of benches, children eat ice cream that trickles between their fingers and onto their bare bellies. The heat of the beach is like no other, worn like a piece of clothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo different from the others in their long shirts, the Borya brothers serve as their mother’s bodyguards. She holds the youngest on her hip and strides toward the fishermen, her skirts billowing around her legs. Three coins jangle in her pocket and their clinking combines with the clacking of her heels against the wharf. The biggest fish require tough bargaining, so the boys’ father sent his wife. He told her to wear her grey dress, the one with the low-cut square neck that shows off her breasts, plump with milk. She makes her way toward the men, her attempt at sensuality somewhat hindered by the presence of her sons. The eldest walks in front of her, pushing a wheelbarrow three times his weight to transport the animal once the deal has been made. The younger two run to keep up with their mother’s swaying gait. As for her, she sees only the huge fish hanging mid-wharf, the fishermen’s sturdy bodies, the blue water and the light sparkling on its surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOsip Borya, chasing a salamander, has stayed behind. By the time he loses the tiny creature in the tall grasses, his mother and brothers have left. He can’t see them anywhere. Immediately overhead, seagulls wheel like sparrow hawks. A pelican swoops toward the beach, throat stretched taut with its catch, and lands on a post right next to the boy. The bird is still dripping from its plunge into the water. It looks at the child, throws its skull back and, swallowing its prey in one majestic gulp, unfurls its wings. At that exact moment, several things occur. First, the pelican lifts off and returns to its position on the waves. Then, watching the seabird, Osip spies his mother at the end of the wharf and notices a tiny movement she makes: as her right foot lifts out of its shoe, she reaches down to brush sand off the sole of her foot. Just behind her, a fisherman lets out a shout and hauls from the water a five-foot-long swordfish thrashing around like a demon. Three men harpoon it to sap the creature’s strength.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXCITING NEW NOVELIST:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAudrée Wilhelmy’s debut novel was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award - one of the most prestigious Canadian Literary Awards. She has been a finalist for many other major French-Canadian book prizes. Her work has been acclaimed by French-language publications in Canada and Europe, including \u003cem\u003eLe Devoir\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLa Presse\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal de Montréal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eVogue Paris\u003c\/em\u003e. She is already a major force in literature!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMAJOR ATTENTION FOR AUDRÉE WILHELMY IN 2018:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn December 2018, a play based on her novel \u003cem\u003eLes sangs\u003c\/em\u003e will premier at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The author recently completed a three-month, $7,000 residency at the Librairie Monet in Montreal, which garnered strong media coverage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST TIME APPEARING IN ENGLISH:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Body of Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e is the author’s first work to appear in English, and it is being translated by Susan Ouriou. Her recent translation, with Christelle Morelli, of Fanny Britt’s \u003cem\u003eHunting Houses\u003c\/em\u003e was a huge hit in the US and received strong reviews and high praise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDARK MAGIC REALIST TALE:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn its dark rural setting, mysterious young female main character, and enquiry into the effects of isolation, \u003cem\u003eThe Body of Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e emerges from the tradition of Gaétan Soucy’s \u003cem\u003eThe Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches\u003c\/em\u003e. Recent literary hits such as Victor LaValle’s \u003cem\u003eThe Changeling\u003c\/em\u003e, Carmen Maria Machado’s National Book Award finalist \u003cem\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/em\u003e, and Camilla Grudovo’s \u003cem\u003eThe Doll’s Alphabet\u003c\/em\u003e show an appetite for genre-crossing tales that examine sexuality and femininity.\u003c\/p\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":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Body of the Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e is a visceral story with wings: rhythmically beating, it both suffocates readers and prepares us to soar.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e— World Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"World Literature Today","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Body of the Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e is daring and darkly erotic, as emotionally and morally elusive as the characters who roam within it … Wilhelmy’s language is tight yet immersive; there is an underlying melancholy to it, like being alone in a forest with nothing but the sound of rustling leaves. It is rare and delightful to find a novel where language and character move so seamlessly together, hand in hand … A piece of this book will linger.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Literary Review of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Literary Review of Canada","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e\"Sensual and strange.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Booklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e\"[Wilhelmy] is a meticulous recorder of the dramatic wilderness … Lovely writing.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e\"Masterful … Finding beauty in unexpected places, be they natural settings or seldom-explored corners of human behaviour, is something Wilhelmy does as well as any young writer in any language.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Montreal Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Montreal Gazette","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e\"With a miniaturist’s touch, Audrée Wilhelmy creates a singular universe suffused with sap and silence, at once lush to the limit, smothering and amoral … A tour de force of audacity and sensuality achieved unhesitatingly in full-bodied writing that is precise and without misstep. A brilliant novel that explores from on high an aspect of the human condition too often eluded: our own bestiality.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Le Devoir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Le Devoir","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Audrée Wilhelmy’s extraordinary tale of a hermetic family minding a lighthouse in willed isolation is a luscious, disturbing, and sensuous.","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2019-07-30","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"Audrée Wilhelmy’s extraordinary tale of a hermetic family minding a lighthouse in willed isolation is a luscious, disturbing, and sensuous.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
The Body of the Beasts
Audrée Wilhelmy’s extraordinary tale of a hermetic family minding a lighthouse in willed isolation is a luscious, disturbing, and sensuous.
