Denial, Confrontation, Obsession and Return
by Maria Teresa H De Holcomb
A small prairie community is blown apart when an audacious teenaged girl challenges long-held views of spirituality and sexuality. Suspected of being gay, she is brutalized by her classmates. This searing drama of bigotry and transcendence challenges the fallout of the Catholic Church's response to the same-sex marriage rulings in Canada.
The Quiet Contemporary American Novel (Contemporary American and Canadian Writers)
by Rachel Sykes
This book explores the concept of 'quiet' - an aesthetic of narrative driven by reflective principles - and argues for the term's application to the study of contemporary American fiction. In doing so, it makes two critical interventions. Firstly, it maps the neglected history of quiet fictions, arguing that from Hester Prynne to Clarissa Dalloway, from Bartleby to William Stoner, the Western tradition is filled with quiet characters. Secondly, it asks what it means for a novel to be quiet and h...
Journal Your Life's Journey
by Blank Book Billionaire and Journal Your Life's Journey
Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work. One woman's journey through madness, murder, and mistaken identity-a classic work of Victorian sensationalism. This edition includes: -A concise introduction that gives readers important background in...
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