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His whole life / Elizabeth Hay.
"Starting with something as simple as a boy who wants a dog, this book takes us into a richly intimate world where everything that matters to him is at risk: family, nature, home. At the outset 10-year-old Jim and his Canadian mother and American father are on a journey from New York City to a lake in eastern Ontario during the last hot days of August. What unfolds is a completely enveloping story that spans a few pivotal years of his youth. Set in the mid-1990s, when Quebec is on the verge of leaving Canada, this captivating novel is an unconventional coming of age story." -- Provided by the Publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780771038594 (hc.) :
- Physical Description: 361 pages ; 22cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : McClelland & Stewart, 2015.
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| Subject: | Families > Fiction. Boys > Fiction. Coming of age > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Canadian fiction. Bildungsromans. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at South Central Regional Library. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Manitou Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manitou Library | F Hay (Text) | 36620001673048 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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Finalist for the 2016 Ottawa Book Award for Fiction
From the #1 nationally bestselling, Giller Prize-winning author of Late Nights on Air and Alone in the Classroom, comes an irresistible new novel that has everything we would hope for from this celebrated author -- and more.
Starting with something as simple as a boy who wants a dog, His Whole Life takes us into a richly intimate world where everything that matters to him is at risk: family, nature, home.
At the outset ten-year-old Jim and his Canadian mother and American father are on a journey from New York City to a lake in eastern Ontario during the last hot days of August. What unfolds is a completely enveloping story that spans a few pivotal years of his youth. Moving from city to country, summer to winter, wellbeing to illness, the novel charts the deepening bond between mother and son even as the family comes apart.
Set in the mid-1990s, when Quebec is on the verge of leaving Canada, this captivating novel is an unconventional coming of age story as only Elizabeth Hay could tell it. It draws readers in with its warmth, wisdom, its vivid sense of place, its searching honesty, and nuanced portrait of the lives of one family and those closest to it. Hay explores the mystery of how members of a family can hurt each other so deeply, and remember those hurts in such detail, yet find openings that shock them with love and forgiveness. This is vintage Elizabeth Hay at the height of her powers.
