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Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
While on her way to the airport to attend Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday, Georgina Danforth Witley drives of the edge of the road plunging into a thickly wooded ravine. Thrown from the car and unable to move, Georgina must rely on her strength, memories, wit and a recitation of the names of the bones in her body to stay alive.
2) Requiem
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
317 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
During World War II, Canada interned citizens of Japanese descent, just as the United States did. Here, Itani recaptures history through fiction by imagining the story of young Bin Okuma and his family, who were transported from their British Columbia home to a desolate area 100 miles from the "Protected Zone" and only grudgingly given access to food, plumbing, and electricity. Fifty years later, after his wife dies, Bin returns to the area, hoping...
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