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The Ladies' Lending Library
Janice Kulyk Keefer
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Description for The Ladies' Lending Library
Paperback. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
In the summer of 1963, the year of the sensational release of the film Cleopatra, the women of Ontario's Kalyna Beach prepare for their annual end-of-season party. With their husbands away in the city all week, the women's days are ruled by the predictable rhythms of children and chores, lightened by the 'racy' books they trade amongst themselves and by their Friday afternoon gatherings for gin and gossip. But this is the summer when everything will change for the girls and women of Kalyna Beach, as innocence is exchanged for a new understanding of the possibilities ... Read more
In the summer of 1963, the year of the sensational release of the film Cleopatra, the women of Ontario's Kalyna Beach prepare for their annual end-of-season party. With their husbands away in the city all week, the women's days are ruled by the predictable rhythms of children and chores, lightened by the 'racy' books they trade amongst themselves and by their Friday afternoon gatherings for gin and gossip. But this is the summer when everything will change for the girls and women of Kalyna Beach, as innocence is exchanged for a new understanding of the possibilities ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843547488
SKU
KRF0023850
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Janice Kulyk Keefer
Janice Kulyk Keefer is an internationally published author who has twice been shortlisted for Canada's Governor General's Award. This is her first novel to be published in the UK.
Reviews for The Ladies' Lending Library
'The Ladies' Lending Library satisfies in the way the best sort of summer reading does - like wild strawberries, or blueberries gathered in the sun, or cold spring water gulped on a hot day.' Quill & Quire (Canada)
'Kulyk Keefer's narrative has historical and generational sweep... A masterful rendering of a group of women in crisis.' National Post ... Read more