Our lives all contain growth spurtsβphysical ones, most obviously, but intellectual and emotional ones as well. This acutely powerful debut novel focuses on just such a time in the life of a nineteen-year-old girl. Mandy Boyle is leaving home for the first time to begin college, full of ambition and
Quickening
β Scribed by Griggs, Terry
- Book ID
- 109834430
- Publisher
- Biblioasis
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 185 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781897231777
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Shortlisted for the Governor Generalβs Award, these first short stories from Terry Griggs herald one of the most original voices to appear out of Canada in the last several decades. The stories in Quickening are eccentric, wildly inventive, whimsical and fantastic. Her narrative energy sweeps us along, though the real delight of these stories is the gorgeousness of the writing.
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