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THE INSISTENT GARDEN
CHARD, ROSIE
Edith Stokers father is building a wall in their backyard. A very, very high wall -- a brick bulwark in his
obsessive war against their hated neighbour Edward Black. It is 1969, and far away, preparations are
being made for man to walk upon the moon. Meanwhile, in the Stokers shabby home in the East
Midlands, Edith remains a virtual prisoner, with occasional visits from her grotesque and demanding Aunt
Vivian serving as the only break in the routine. But when shy, sheltered Edith begins to quietly cultivate a
garden in the shadow of her fathers wall, she sets in motion events that might gain her
independence...and bring her face to face with the mysterious Edward Black. Rosie Chards follow-up to
her award-winning debut Seal Intestine Raincoat unfolds like a grown-up take on The Secret Garden, an
engrossing, often mordantly funny portrait of a young woman who miraculously finds her own pathway to
freedom within the most stifling of environs.
FICTION
NEWEST PRESS
9781927063385
$19.95 TP Original
SEPTEMBER 2013
253 PAGES
ISLANDS OF DECOLONIAL LOVE
SIMPSON, LEANNE
In her debut collection of short stories, Islands of Decolonial Love, renowned writer and activist Leanne
Simpson vividly explores the lives of contemporary Indigenous Peoples and communities, especially
those of her own Nishnaabeg nation.Found on reserves, in cities and small towns, in bars and curling
rinks, canoes and community centres, doctors offices and pickup trucks, Simpson’s characters confront
the often heartbreaking challenge of pairing the desire to live loving and observant lives with a constant
struggle to simply survive the historical and ongoing injustices of racism and colonialism.
FICTION/ABORIGINAL INTEREST
ARBEITER RING
9781894037884
$14.95 TP Original
NOVEMBER 2013
112 PAGES
IT HAPPENS IN THE DARK
O'CONNELL, CAROL
The reviews called it “A Play to Die For” after the woman was found dead in the front row. It didn’t seem
so funny the next night, when another body was found—this time the playwright’s, his throat slashed.
Detective Kathy Mallory takes over, but no matter what she asks, no one seems to be giving her a straight
answer. The only person—if “person” is the right word—who seems to be clear is the ghostwriter. Every
night, an unseen backstage hand chalks up line changes and messages on a blackboard. And the
ghostwriter is now writing Mallory into the play itself, a play about a long-ago massacre that may not be at
all fictional. “MALLORY,” the blackboard reads. “TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT. NOTHING PERSONAL.”
MYSTERY 1ST PRINTING 75,000
PUTNAM
368 PAGES
9780399165399
$28.50 HC
AUGUST 2013