Sarah Canary (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

by Karen Joy Fowler

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lquilter recommends Wild Life by Molly Gloss, "Gloss writes beautifully, as does Fowler. The settings are similar -- 19th century Pacific Northwest. The premise is also related; an almost realistic (see more) novel that slips into SF-ality."

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1991

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James Tiptree, Jr. Award Shortlist (1992)

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When an enigmatic woman cloaked in black wanders into a Chinese labor camp in the Pacific Northwest of 1873, one man is chosen to lead her out into the woods. But soon, he becomes the enchanted follower. Thus begins a magical journey. . . .

(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:58:10 -0500)

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