Effects of Isolation on the Brain, The

By (author): Erika Rummel

There are many forms of isolation, and Ellie is becoming an expert on them: unloved and ignored as a child in Vienna, up against cultural barriers in Canada, holed up in a cabin in the north. What are the effects of isolation on the brain? Is it loneliness and boredom that makes Ellie take risks and say yes to Vera, her glamorous but deeply disturbed friend? Vera has been abused as a child and is now putting her trust in a charlatan healer. Together they entangle Ellie in a murderous game of fantasy and revenge. Marooned on the shores of a frozen lake, Ellie must make her way out of the Canadian bush and the wilderness of her own soul. It is a journey through hostile territory– neglect, deceit, confusion, betrayal– but Ellie is a fighter. All she needs to survive is a soulmate. Don’t we all?

AUTHOR

Erika Rummel

Erika Rummel has taught history at University of Toronto and at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo. She divides her time between Toronto and Los Angeles and has lived in villages in Argentina, Romania, and Bulgaria. She has written extensively on social history and is the author of four novels, Playing Naomi, Head Games, The Inquisitor’s Niece and The Effects of Isolation on the Brain.


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“From the chill of postwar Berlin to Ontario’s icy north, all is not as it seems in Erika Rummel’s fast-moving novel, where the dance of reality and role-play tease and intrigue the reader. It’s a book where sex, mayhem, and family secrets combine to make the pages turn almost by themselves.”
–Carole Giangrande, author of Midsummer and Here Comes the Dreamer

“Take a few minutes from your busy day and find a quiet place to read Erika Rummel’s The Effects of Isolation on the Brain. You won’t regret it.”
–Lee Gowan, author of The Last Cowboy


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There are many forms of isolation, and Ellie is becoming an expert on them: unloved and ignored as a child in Vienna, up against cultural barriers in Canada, holed up in a cabin in the north. What are the effects of isolation on the brain? Is it loneliness and boredom that makes Ellie take risks and say yes to Vera, her glamorous but deeply disturbed friend? Vera has been abused as a child and is now putting her trust in a charlatan healer. Together they entangle Ellie in a murderous game of fantasy and revenge. Marooned on the shores of a frozen lake, Ellie must make her way out of the Canadian bush and the wilderness of her own soul. It is a journey through hostile territory– neglect, deceit, confusion, betrayal– but Ellie is a fighter. All she needs to survive is a soulmate. Don’t we all?

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Dimensions:

136 Pages
8.25in * 5.5in * 0.725in
0.6lb

Published:

August 30, 2016

Country of Publication:

CA

ISBN:

9781771333092

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Thrillers / General

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Language:

eng

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