Description

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Republished with a new introduction, this is Audrey Thomas's classic coming-of-age novel about madness, loneliness, despair and escape.

About the Author

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Audrey Thomas is the author of Latakia (1979), Mrs. Blood (1992), Real Mothers (1981) and Songs My Mother Taught Me (1993), all published by Talonbooks. She is a two-time winner of the BC Book Prize for Fiction. Thomas was born in upstate New York and now lives and works on Galiano Island, British Columbia. In 2008, Thomas was made a member of the Order of Canada.