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Janie McCleary runs one of the first movie theatres in New Brunswick. A successful woman in a world of men, she is ostracised, a victim of double-dealing and overt violence. She trusts no one outside her family. panning generations, RIVER OF THE BROKEN HEARTED explores the life of this formidable woman, a pioneer before the age of feminism, and her legacy as it unfolds tragically in the lives of her son and grandchildren. ritten with aching compassion and masterful sophistication, musing on the tyranny of memory and history, and peers into the hearts of these extraordinary characters. There Richards finds an alchemy of veniality and goodwill, of deceit and brotherliness, of cruelty and love. Once again, David Adams Richards has brought us a work of astonishing grace, rooted on the great Miramichi River of New Brunswick, but universal in scope.
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"A superlative new novel by 'the greatest Canadian writer alive'" (Vancouver Sun)
"Psychologically acute" (Guardian)
"David Adams Richards' characters achieve redemption through affliction, but the reader does not feel afflicted" (Wayne Johnston)
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"David Adams Richards' characters achieve redemption through affliction, but the reader does not feel afflicted" (Wayne Johnston)
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- PublisherJonathan Cape Ltd
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0224072609
- ISBN 13 9780224072601
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