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Fiction Literary

The Romantic

by (author) Barbara Gowdy

Publisher
HarperCollins Canada
Initial publish date
Mar 2011
Category
Literary
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780006474999
    Publish Date
    Mar 2007
    List Price
    $22.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780006392262
    Publish Date
    Jan 2004
    List Price
    $21.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781443402286
    Publish Date
    Mar 2011
    List Price
    $11.99

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Not long after Louise Kirk's mother vanishes, the Richters and their adopted son, Abel, move in across the street, and Louise falls furiously in love. Skillfully interweaving the stories of Abel and Louise at different ages, The Romantic is a powerful exploration of the many incarnations of love and loss.

About the author

Barbara Gowdy is an award-winning author whose five previous books, The Romantic, The White Bone, Mister Sandman, We So Seldom Look On Love and Falling Angels, have appeared on bestseller lists throughout the world. The recipient of the Marian Engel Award in 1996, she has been a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and a repeat finalist for the Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Award, the Trillium Award and the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. She lives in Toronto.

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