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Starting with something as simple as a boy who wants a dog, award-winning novelist Elizabeth Hay's "His Whole Life" transports readers to an emotionally rich landscape populated by unforgettable characters, yet overshadowed by a sense of loss.
At the outset, ten-year-old Jim and his Canadian mother and American father are on a journey from New York City to a beautiful lake in eastern Ontario during the last hot days of August. Over the next few pivotal years of Jim's youth, the novel moves from city to country, summer to winter, well-being to illness, as it charts the deepening bond between mother and son, even as their small family starts to fall to pieces.
Set in the mid-1990s, when Quebec was on the verge of seceding from Canada, this captivating novel is an unconventional coming-of-age story that draws readers in with its warmth, wisdom, its vivid sense of place, its searching honesty, and nuanced portrait of the lives of a family and those closest to it.
Writing at the height of her powers, the award-winning Elizabeth Hay explores the mystery of how family members can wound each other so deeply, and remember those hurts in such detail, yet find surprising ways to make room for love, and even forgiveness.
At the outset, ten-year-old Jim and his Canadian mother and American father are on a journey from New York City to a beautiful lake in eastern Ontario during the last hot days of August. Over the next few pivotal years of Jim's youth, the novel moves from city to country, summer to winter, well-being to illness, as it charts the deepening bond between mother and son, even as their small family starts to fall to pieces.
Set in the mid-1990s, when Quebec was on the verge of seceding from Canada, this captivating novel is an unconventional coming-of-age story that draws readers in with its warmth, wisdom, its vivid sense of place, its searching honesty, and nuanced portrait of the lives of a family and those closest to it.
Writing at the height of her powers, the award-winning Elizabeth Hay explores the mystery of how family members can wound each other so deeply, and remember those hurts in such detail, yet find surprising ways to make room for love, and even forgiveness.
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Review:
- "Hay creates enormous spaces with few words, and makes the reader party to the journey, listening, marvelling..." "Globe and Mail"
- "[She has an] evocative grace that brings to mind Annie Proulx." "Washington Post"
- "Hay has a delightful, deadpan wit, the kind that sneaks up on you." "New York Times"
- "Hay is a master of characterization. In their fallibility, their moral struggles and their conflicted desires, [her] characters ... ring utterly true."" Toronto Star"
- "Hay is capable of sending palpable chills down the reader's spine...." "Quill & Quire"
- "A master storyteller..." "Winnipeg Free Press"
"Hay creates enormous spaces with few words, and makes the reader party to the journey, listening, marvelling..." "Globe and Mail"
"[She has an] evocative grace that brings to mind Annie Proulx." "Washington Post"
"Hay has a delightful, deadpan wit, the kind that sneaks up on you." "New York Times"
"Hay is a master of characterization. In their fallibility, their moral struggles and their conflicted desires, [her] characters ... ring utterly true."" Toronto Star"
"Hay is capable of sending palpable chills down the reader's spine...." "Quill & Quire"
"A master storyteller..." "Winnipeg Free Press""
"Hay has a delightful, deadpan wit, the kind that sneaks up on you." "--- "The New York Times" (about "Garbo Laughs")""
"A sparkling demonstration of Hollywood's hold on our fantasies--and its awkward fit with our earthbound selves." "--- "Kirkus Reviews "(Starred Review, about "Garbo Laughs")""
"Hay exposes the beauty simmering in the heart of harsh settings with an evocative grace that brings to mind Annie Proulx." "--- "Washington Post "(about "A Student of Weather")""
"Engrossing . . . Hay repeatedly brings her characters (and us) close to uncomfortable emotions and impulses--and she's compassionate rather than judgmental about their fallibility." "--- "The Toronto Star "(about "Alone in the Classroom")""
Book Description:
- "[She has an] evocative grace that brings to mind Annie Proulx." "Washington Post"
- "Hay has a delightful, deadpan wit, the kind that sneaks up on you." "New York Times"
- "Hay is a master of characterization. In their fallibility, their moral struggles and their conflicted desires, [her] characters ... ring utterly true."" Toronto Star"
- "Hay is capable of sending palpable chills down the reader's spine...." "Quill & Quire"
- "A master storyteller..." "Winnipeg Free Press"
"Hay creates enormous spaces with few words, and makes the reader party to the journey, listening, marvelling..." "Globe and Mail"
"[She has an] evocative grace that brings to mind Annie Proulx." "Washington Post"
"Hay has a delightful, deadpan wit, the kind that sneaks up on you." "New York Times"
"Hay is a master of characterization. In their fallibility, their moral struggles and their conflicted desires, [her] characters ... ring utterly true."" Toronto Star"
"Hay is capable of sending palpable chills down the reader's spine...." "Quill & Quire"
"A master storyteller..." "Winnipeg Free Press""
"Hay has a delightful, deadpan wit, the kind that sneaks up on you." "--- "The New York Times" (about "Garbo Laughs")""
"A sparkling demonstration of Hollywood's hold on our fantasies--and its awkward fit with our earthbound selves." "--- "Kirkus Reviews "(Starred Review, about "Garbo Laughs")""
"Hay exposes the beauty simmering in the heart of harsh settings with an evocative grace that brings to mind Annie Proulx." "--- "Washington Post "(about "A Student of Weather")""
"Engrossing . . . Hay repeatedly brings her characters (and us) close to uncomfortable emotions and impulses--and she's compassionate rather than judgmental about their fallibility." "--- "The Toronto Star "(about "Alone in the Classroom")""
The captivating new novel by the #1 Canadian bestselling, Giller Prize-winning author of Late Nights on Air and Alone in the Classroom
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- PublisherMaclehose Press Quercus
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1681444704
- ISBN 13 9781681444703
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages308
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