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So Long
By Louise Desjardins
Translated by Sheila Fischman
It is Katie MacLeod’s fifty-fifth birthday. While her daughters throw her a celebratory brunch, Katie takes stock of her life and her loves. Will she take a chance on her internet penpal, Francois, and embrace this virtual romance?
In gentle prose, Louise Desjardins continues ... Read more
Overview
It is Katie MacLeod’s fifty-fifth birthday. While her daughters throw her a celebratory brunch, Katie takes stock of her life and her loves. Will she take a chance on her internet penpal, Francois, and embrace this virtual romance?
In gentle prose, Louise Desjardins continues her observations of human relationships. In the small town of Arntfield, where the narrator spent her childhood, we join her as she recalls the mythical Look-Out Country Club, the site of past sins where her father played the violin, and the MacLeod Music Store.
Louise Desjardins
Louise Desjardins is the author of several collections of poetry. Her first novel, La Love, was awarded the Grand Prix du Journal de Montréal and the Prix des Arcades de Bologne. Desjardins is also the author of Darling, the biography Pauline Julien: La vie à mort, and a collection of essays, Coeurs braisés.
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- Dimensions 304 pages, 5.14 x 7.65 x .40 in
- Published July 11, 2012
- Publisher Cormorant Books
- Category Fiction
- Keywords Literary , Contemporary Women , Small Town & Rural
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