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Astra : a novel / Cedar Bowers.
Born and raised on a remote British Columbia commune, Astra Brine has long struggled to find her way in the world, her life becoming a study of the thin line between dependence and love, need and desire. Over the years, as her path intersects with others--sometimes briefly, but always intensely--she will encounter people who, by turns, want to rescue, control, become, and escape her, revealing difficult yet shining truths about who they are and what they yearn for. There is the childhood playmate who comes to fear Astra's unpredictable ways. The stranger who rescues her from homelessness, and then has to wrestle with his own demons. The mother who hires Astra as a live-in nanny even as her own marriage goes off the rails. The man who takes a leap of faith and marries her. Even as Astra herself remains the elusive yet compelling axis around which these narratives turn, her story reminds us of the profound impact that a woman can have on those around her, and the power struggles at play in all our relationships, no matter how intimate.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780771012891 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 286 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
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- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 5 / 5.0
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Raymond -- Kimmy -- Clodagh -- Brendon -- Sativa -- Doris -- Lauren -- Nick -- Dom -- Hugo -- Epilogue: Astra. |
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| Subject: | Women > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. British Columbia > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Bildungsromans. Psychological fiction. |
| Topic Heading: | Festival of the Written Arts 2022 > Sechelt (B.C.) Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 longlist |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Gibsons Public Library | BOOK CLUB BOWE (Text) | 30886000847463 | Book Club Sets | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-05-11 |
| Gibsons Public Library | BOOK CLUB BOWE (Text) | 30886000847471 | Book Club Sets | Available | - | |
| Gibsons Public Library | BOOK CLUB BOWE (Text) | 30886000847489 | Book Club Sets | Checked out | 2024-05-11 | |
| Gibsons Public Library | BOOK CLUB BOWE (Text) | 30886000847497 | Book Club Sets | Available | - | |
| Gibsons Public Library | BOOK CLUB BOWE (Text) | 30886000847620 | Book Club Sets | Checked out | 2024-05-08 | |
| Gibsons Public Library | BOOK CLUB BOWE (Text) | 30886000861688 | Book Club Sets | Available | - | |
| Gibsons Public Library | FIC BOWE (Text) | 30886001094354 | Adult Fiction Hardcover | Volume hold | Available | - |
