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A Bird in the House

by Margaret Laurence

Series: Manawaka cycle (short stories)

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Cait86 in Canadian Fiction/Non-Fiction Reading Challenge : Manitoba Books (Sep 3, 2009, 1:20pm)

... cycle is set in Manitoba. Titles include: The Stone Angel, A Jest of God, The Diviners, The Fire-Dwellers, and A Bird in the House.

MarianV in List Five Books Parlour Game : This is for the birds (Aug 5, 2008, 8:20pm)

The birds of the air Alice Thomas Ellis Chicken every Sunday Rosemary Taylor The Spectator Bird Wallace Stegner A bird in the house Margaret Laurence Mother Carey's chickens Kate Douglas Wiggin

MarianV in Canadian Literature : Greatest Canadian Novel (May 24, 2008, 1:14pm)

... Award in 1966 for A Jest of God& the Univ. of Chicago Press has re-issued 6 of her books. My personal favorite is A bird in the House.

MarianV in 50 Book Challenge : MarianV (Feb 7, 2008, 7:44pm)

Margaret Lawrence A jest of God When I saw this book in the used book store, I grabbed it because Ms. Laurence 'sA Bird in the House had been so moving. A Jest of God is not a traditional family story, it is about a small town schoolteacher, approaching middle age who still lives with her ...

MarianV in Great Depression Book Club : Welcome!!! (Jul 6, 2007, 11:39am)

Maargaret Laurence A bird in the house comes to mind. In the years of the depression, no one wanted to read about it, they wanted escape. 'Think of the movies that were made during that period - all escapist. There are some family sagas, like Loula Grace Erdman The years of the locust & ...

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