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Fiction Literary

Dora Borealis

A Novel

by (author) Daccia Bloomfield

Publisher
ECW Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2008
Category
Literary, Coming of Age, Ghost
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550228571
    Publish Date
    Oct 2008
    List Price
    $19.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554903412
    Publish Date
    Oct 2008
    List Price
    $13.95

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A great love comes with bells…

Flip is an unemployed writer with a heart of gold and limited social skills — he’s also very much in love. And you? You’re invited to witness the carnage… .

It’s a story we’re all familiar with: just as the right girl finally comes along, Flip’s leg is broken, his roommate has gone nuts, and his father’s threatening to cut him off by cancelling his credit cards… . And then there’s that other small matter — he's still in love with Belle, the ghost he met when he was eight.

Thank God he’s well taken care of — how does anyone manage this kind of thing alone?

Daccia Bloomfield’s Dora Borealis is a not-quite-coming-of-age novel and a good old-fashioned love letter written in the era of the open relationship. Set against the backdrop of Toronto's insular art scene (itself haunted by the ghost of meaning), this story about connection (in a town hooked on missed connections) explores what it means to be truly haunted.

 

About the author

Contributor Notes

Daccia Bloomfield is a writer, visual artist, and independent curator. For several years, she co-directed an art gallery called Virus Arts, which lovingly served Toronto’s diverse arts and literary communities. She is a founding and contributing member of Good Morning Press, an art collective/small press whose mandate is “beauty at all costs.” Daccia makes a living by writing copy and throwing art parties. She lives and works in downtown Toronto.

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