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Fiction Literary

Wind Tails

by (author) Anne Degrace

Publisher
Cormorant Books
Initial publish date
Aug 2013
Category
Literary
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781552787335
    Publish Date
    Sep 2008
    List Price
    $16.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781552786635
    Publish Date
    Oct 2007
    List Price
    $29.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781770871175
    Publish Date
    Oct 2007
    List Price
    $14.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781770863361
    Publish Date
    Aug 2013
    List Price
    $16.95

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Description

At a side-of-the-highway diner on a mountain pass, during one extraordinary, windy day in 1977, the paths of an odd assortment of travellers cross. The stories of each circle around points of departure: what sets one on one's journey. These seemingly unconnected-but oddly interconnected-stories involve strange twists, turns and the kinds of chance encounters that change the way we see the world. There is the old woman who, talk she has just weeks to live, tells everyone exactly what she thinks of them-and then doesn't die; the water witcher who comes to terms with his gift instead of drowning in it; the woman who never leaves her own town but travels vicariously through the tales of the hitchhikers she picks up; a trucker with a kind heart; and the proprietor, Cass, and the story that haunts her. Central to this remarkable day are Pink, travelling in whatever direction the wind takes him, and Jo, a young waitress whose own life twists-family betrayal, and the birth and adoption of a baby-have left her anchorless. For Jo, Cass's Roadside Café is a waystation, holding her until a series of interactions with strangers give her permission to find her own point of departure, and embark upon her own journey.

About the author

Anne DeGrace is the author of four novels: Treading Water, Wind Tails, Sounding Line, and Flying with Amelia. Her resume includes stints as an illustrator, journalist, bookseller, publisher, and librarian. DeGrace lives with her partner, three dogs, and a dozen chickens near Nelson, British Columbia, where she writes in a hillside studio with a view of a lake, mountains, and the occasional elk.

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