The heaviness of things that float /
Jennifer Manuel skilfully depicts the lonely world of Bernadette, a woman who has spent the last forty years living alone on the periphery of a remote West Coast First Nations reserve, serving as a nurse for the community. Only weeks from retirement, Bernadette finds herself unsettled, with no immed...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Madeira Park, British Columbia :
Douglas & McIntyre,
[2016]
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| Summary: | Jennifer Manuel skilfully depicts the lonely world of Bernadette, a woman who has spent the last forty years living alone on the periphery of a remote West Coast First Nations reserve, serving as a nurse for the community. Only weeks from retirement, Bernadette finds herself unsettled, with no immediate family of her own. And then a shocking announcement crackles over the VHF radio of the remote medical outpost. Chase Charlie, the young man that Bernadette loves like a son, is missing. |
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| Physical Description: | 292 pages : portrait ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781771620871 1771620870 |