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Quarry
Set in southern Ontario during the 1980s, acclaimed poet Catherine Graham’s debut novel is as layered as the open-pit mine for which it is named. Only child Caitlin Maharg lives with her parents beside a water-filled limestone quarry, but her idyllic upbringing collapses when she learns her mother is dying. After a series of family secrets emerges, she must confront the past and face her uncertain future. Lyrically charged, jewelled with images, and at times darkly comic, Graham’s prose weaves a mysterious, hypnotic tale of loss, deception, and the courage to swim the depths of life alone.
Quarryis a dropdead gorgeous piece of writing a novel that gave me goose bumps even on a second reading Search it out and read it gentle tough and a superb work of fiction
—, The Sun Times Owen Sound
Graham draws us deep into a world that is both ordinary and haunted a world infused with mysterious rifts in the rhythms of life and thick with signs of encroaching death
—Nancy Wigston, Toronto Star
An accomplished poet Graham makes her fiction debut with the luminousQuarrya delicate comingofage story with an engaging protagonist Her lyrical writing shines through spinning beautiful contemplative images out of simple moments WithQuarryshe has mined her personal experience of loss to produce a strong debut novelmysterious rich and full of quiet insights about family dynamics
—Alissa McArthur, Room Magazine
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Dimensions:
264 Pages
8.5in * 5.5in * 0.65in
385gr
Published:
June 01, 2017
Publisher:
ISBN:
9780995185814
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Language:
eng
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