When She Was Electric |
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| Author:
| MacPherson, Andrea |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55192-596-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2005 |
| Publisher: | Raincoast Book Distribution
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $13.95 |
Book Description:
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When She Was Electric is a layered, evocative first novel from a young writer. At its heart is a wrenching disruption-the disappearance of a young girl in a sleepy town in the 1930s.Electric digs deep into the story of three generations of women: the enterprising grandmother who bought a rejected piece of land near an Indian Reserve; the daughters, ethereal Min and bold Nellie; and granddaughters Ana and Willa, who embody the hopes-and the secrets-of this matriarchy. MacPherson...
More DescriptionWhen She Was Electric is a layered, evocative first novel from a young writer. At its heart is a wrenching disruption-the disappearance of a young girl in a sleepy town in the 1930s.Electric digs deep into the story of three generations of women: the enterprising grandmother who bought a rejected piece of land near an Indian Reserve; the daughters, ethereal Min and bold Nellie; and granddaughters Ana and Willa, who embody the hopes-and the secrets-of this matriarchy. MacPherson brilliantly reveals the hazy unreliability of memory, the fragility of life, and how a child's death haunts a splintered town.