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| Author:
| Dey, Myrna |
| Series title: | Nunatak First Fiction Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-897126-99-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Publisher: | NeWest Publishers, Limited
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
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Long-listed for the ScotiabankGiller Prize!
A chance discovered of asepia photograph of her grandmother and her twin sister leads RCMP ConstableArabella Dryvynsydes on an investigation: how did a picture taken in 1914 inthe mining town of Extension, BC end up at a garage sale in rural Saskatchewanalmost one hundred years later?
As Arabella sifts throughcaches of long-forgotten letters and buried memories, she unearths theheartbreaking truths of her family...
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Long-listed for the ScotiabankGiller Prize!
A chance discovered of asepia photograph of her grandmother and her twin sister leads RCMP ConstableArabella Dryvynsydes on an investigation: how did a picture taken in 1914 inthe mining town of Extension, BC end up at a garage sale in rural Saskatchewanalmost one hundred years later?
As Arabella sifts throughcaches of long-forgotten letters and buried memories, she unearths theheartbreaking truths of her family history--and in the process also resolves acentury-old murder.
In her debut novel, Dey skillfully movesback and forth between two time periods and two memorably resourceful heroines,each of whom must rise to challenges the other could never imagine.