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A Bird on Every Tree

A Bird on Every Tree By (author): Carol Bruneau

$19.95

Carol Bruneau, author of six acclaimed works of fiction (most recently, These Good Hands), brings her finely honed voice to 12 new stories about shifting concepts of Nova Scotian identity.

In “The Race,” a war bride’s remarkable life trajectory unfolds as she competes in an international swim marathon in the Northwest Arm. Strain erupts between a Haligonian couple in “Burning Times,” while they struggle to keep track of one another, both... Read More

Carol Bruneau, author of six acclaimed works of fiction (most recently, These Good Hands), brings her finely honed voice to 12 new stories about shifting concepts of Nova Scotian identity.

In “The Race,” a war bride’s remarkable life trajectory unfolds as she competes in an international swim marathon in the Northwest Arm. Strain erupts between a Haligonian couple in “Burning Times,” while they struggle to keep track of one another, both physically and emotionally, on an Italian vacation. In “Polio Beach,” cousins gather oceanside over the will of a recently deceased aunt who once saved one of them from drowning.

Writing with empathy, humour, and linguistic precision, Bruneau follows characters who find themselves connected to Nova Scotia by birth, through attempts at escape and new beginnings, or as a temporary resting place, always carrying with them their own idiosyncratic and complex definitions of “home.”

Awards

2018 Atlantic Book Awards, Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction
2018 Atlantic Book Awards, Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award (Fiction)

Editorial reviews

"Her exceptional prose reveals how much there is to discover in the everyday These stories empathetically follow characters who struggle with loneliness and loss even as they experience joy If My Feet Dont Touch the Ground blends birdsong with laughter and tears as a mother says goodbye to her son in Berlin Doves takes place in Halifax Nova Scotia where a nun struggles to help a man who asks her to bury a dead pigeon in a shoebox To find humor in any of these stories readers will need to allow for it to be there to make a little space for lightness Bruneau does not settle for clich Her prose is accessible and lean as she flits into her characters lives"
- Publishers Weekly

Book details

Page length: 152 Publication Date: 2017-08-30 Subjects: FICTION / Short Stories,  Publisher: Nimbus Publishing ISBN: 9781771085021

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ISBN: 9781771085021
Title: A Bird on Every Tree
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Subject: FICTION / Short Stories
Contributor: Carol Bruneau (CA)
Format: Paperback / softback | Trade paperback (US)
Price (CAD): 19.95
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing
Imprint: Vagrant Press
ISBN13: 9781771085021
ISBN10: 1771085029
Publication Date: 20170830
Last Updated: 20200724
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<p>Carol Bruneau, author of six acclaimed works of fiction (most recently, <i>These Good Hands</i>), brings her finely honed voice to 12 new stories about shifting concepts of Nova Scotian identity. </p>
<p>In “The Race,” a war bride’s remarkable life trajectory unfolds as she competes in an international swim marathon in the Northwest Arm. Strain erupts between a Haligonian couple in “Burning Times,” while they struggle to keep track of one another, both physically and emotionally, on an Italian vacation. In “Polio Beach,” cousins gather oceanside over the will of a recently deceased aunt who once saved one of them from drowning.</p>
<p>Writing with empathy, humour, and linguistic precision, Bruneau follows characters who find themselves connected to Nova Scotia by birth, through attempts at escape and new beginnings, or as a temporary resting place, always carrying with them their own idiosyncratic and complex definitions of “home.”</p>

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Weight 0.22 kg
Dimensions 8.5 × 5.5 × .5 in

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Carol Bruneau
Carol Bruneau

Carol Bruneau is the acclaimed author of three short story collections, including A Bird on Every Tree, published by Vagrant Press in 2017, and five other novels. Her first novel, Purple for Sky, won the 2001 Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and the Dartmouth Book Award. Her 2007 novel, Glass Voices, was a Globe and Mail Best Book and has become a book club favourite. Her most recent novel,…

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