Matters of Hart
A Novel
- Publisher
- McArthur & Company
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2005
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552786000
- Publish Date
- Sep 2006
- List Price
- $14.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552785355
- Publish Date
- Nov 2005
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
When a stranger crashes Hart Granger's 50th birthday party, the shock sends him reeling. Not only is this man from Vermont Hart's half-brother - the child their mother put up for adoption before she was married - he's also the bizarre incarnation of a lie Hart told his little sister when they were kids. "We had an older brother named Bill," teenaged Hart once whispered to five-year-old Amanda. He had to leave the family to make room for you . . ." Set in Montreal, Los Angeles and Vancouver, Matters of Hart is a picaresque tale about sibling rivalry, the joys and pains of family ties.
About the author
A long-time Montrealer, Marianne Ackerman was born in Belleville, Ontario. She has an MA in drama from the University of Toronto and studied French at the Sorbonne. Her three published novels include the best-seller Jump. A frequently produced playwright, her new comedy Triplex Nervosa will be part of the Centaur Theatre’s 2014-15 season. She is publisher of the online arts magazine Rover, found at www.roverarts.com. The novella and stories in Holy Fools mark her first foray into short fiction.