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    Autobiography of Childhood
    Autobiography of Childhood
    Autobiography of Childhood
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    Autobiography of Childhood

    By Sina Queyras

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    A finalist for the 36th annual Amazon.ca First Novel Award!


    The Combals are not unacquainted with death: they have never quite recovered from the loss of one of them in childhood. And now, on Valentine's Day, they are losing another.?

    Guddy races to see her sister, Jerry and Bjarne avoid the phone and its news, Jean finds himself on a beach, and Annie fends off her mother's persistent questions about what's happening. And Therese tries to forgive them all before it's too late.?

    As each is forced to face the news of Therese's impending death, their actions weave a nuanced portrait of a family, of the devastating reach of childhood grief.

    What if thinking is all we have at the end of the day? What if how we react really is all we can control? This transcendent first novel from award-winning poet Sina Queyras tells the story of childhood by illustrating six adult minds grappling with it: noticing, reaching, loving and flailing.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCoach House Books
    Release dateDec 19, 2011
    ISBN9781770562905
    Autobiography of Childhood
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    Sina Queyras

    Sina Queyras is the author of My Ariel, MxT, Expressway, and Lemon Hound, all from Coach House Books. They were born on land belonging to the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and live and teach in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal).

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