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Tunes for Dancing Bears
Every year, 2.6 million babies are stillborn around the world; in Canada, one in every 125 pregnancies ends in a stillbirth. It is September 1991 and Lydia has just given birth to a stillborn child in Montreal. As she and her husband, Dr John Gabriel, grapple with its after effects, their lives and relationship come under inevitable scrutiny. Lydia, the daughter of poor Greek immigrants, fears she has failed her husband as well as his more prosperous Greek family. Their marriage had been shaky from the start and the stillbirth seriously threatens its very foundations, including John?s commitment to fidelity. Tunes for Dancing Bears plunges deeply into the complexities of grief and the limits of our self regard. A touching story of family, immigration, hope, and what it really means to make a life for ourselves.
Irena Karafilly has written a beautiful and moving addition to the literature of loss and grief William Kotzwinkle author ofSwimmer in the Secret Sea
PRAISE FORARRESTED SONG
I enjoyed this book immensely Karafilly succeeds brilliantly where I had decided not to even try A very accomplished novel Louis de Bernieres
A gripping powerfully evocative chronicle of Greek island life Nothing is black and white here least of all her feisty iconoclastic heroine hard to put this book down Sofka Zinovieff
Arrested Songis a wonderful novel fully realized and absorbing Anna Porter
An epic pageturning story of longing and braveryArrested Songis a must read Nadia Marks
Beautifully written and riveting Carol P Christ
Arrested Songis a highly accomplished thoroughly researched and compelling read Dean Kalimniou
One of the best novels Ive read about modern Greece A truly original work Diana Farr Louis
A beautifully written superbly detailed and addictive historical novel mostly set on the island of Lesvos I savoured every word Peter Barber
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Dimensions:
180 Pages
8.00in * 5.00in * 1.00in
350.00gr
Published:
May 01, 2025
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ISBN:
9781771863810
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eng
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