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The Juliet Stories
Carrie Snyder
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Description for The Juliet Stories
Paperback. In the tradition of Alice Munro, an ambitious coming of age novel-in-stories set against the backdrop of the political turmoil in 1980s Nicaragua. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 31. Weight in Grams: 242.
'a coming-of-age tale about the painful and wonderful experiences of motherhood... a compelling novel told in the most beautifully crafted way, and the frequent lapse into disjointed stream of consciousness renders the style close to that of Eimear McBride's A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing. It is a wonderful rarity when a book leaves you so profoundly affected' - We Love This Book
Juliet Friesen is ten years old when her family moves to Nicaragua. It is 1984, the height of Nicaragua's post-revolutionary war, and the peace-activist Friesens have come to protest American involvement. In the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Murray Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444792683
SKU
V9781444792683
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About Carrie Snyder
Carrie Snyder is the author of two books of short fiction. Her second, The Juliet Stories, soon to be published by Two Roads, was a finalist for Canada's Governor General's Award and a Globe and Mail Top 100 book. Girl Runner, her debut novel, has been shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Carrie lives in Waterloo, ... Read more
Reviews for The Juliet Stories
a coming-of-age tale about the painful and wonderful experiences of motherhood with the traits typical of a bildungsroman; friendship, love, sex and heartbreak... This is a compelling novel told in the most beautifully crafted way, and the frequent lapse into disjointed stream of consciousness renders the style close to that of Eimear McBride's A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing. Snyder's ... Read more