Agassiz: A Novel in Stories
by Sandra Birdsell
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The superbly crafted stories in this internationally acclaimed collection trace four generations of the Lafrenière family in the fictional small town of Agassiz, Manitoba, from the time of the great flood of 1950 to the present. There is Mika, the matriarch of the family, tired of being a mother to her children, and her Métis husband, Maurice, who is by turns fascinated and ashamed of his Native heritage. Their marriage has long been an uneasy truce. As their children grow up to pursue show more their own lives, the frustrations of one generation will collide with the dreams of another, and the past will leave an indelible mark on all that is to come. Agassiz Stories is at once funny and heartbreaking, and written with a rare, illuminating honesty. show lessTags
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Sandra Birdsell was born and raised in Manitoba the 5th of 10 children. She began publishing in 1982 at the age of 40 and has since published 3 books of short fiction, and 3 novels, including; Missing Child, The Town That Floated Away, The Two-Headed Calf, The Chrome Suite, Ladies of the House and Night Travellers Birdsell was shortlisted for the show more Governor General's Award, for The Two-Headed Calf, in 1997. She was also shortlisted for the Governor General's Award, for The Chrome Suite. Birdsell won the Marian Engel Award, the Writers' Development Trust, for major contribution to literature in 1993, the McNally Robinson Best Book of the Year, for The Chrome Suite in 1993, as well as the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award, for The Missing Child in 1990. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Munro, Alice; Kinsella, W.P.
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- the Canadian and American edition titles slightly differ. They are the same book.
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