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Reproduction : a novel (38865) |
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Professional Library
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| | Synopsis
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Felicia and Edgar meet as their mothers are dying. Felicia, a
teen from an island nation, and Edgar, the lazy heir of a wealthy
German family, come together only because their mothers share a
hospital room. Felicia's mother dies and Edgar's "Mutter" does
not—not right away, anyway. On her own in the cold white north,
Felicia drops out of high school and takes a job as Mutter's
caregiver. While Felicia and Edgar don't quite understand each other,
they form a bond built on grief (and proximity) that results in the
birth of a son Felicia calls Armistice. Army, for short. Some years
later, Felicia and Army (now 14) are living in the basement of a home
owned by Oliver, a man of Portuguese descent who works a gripe about
his ex-wife into any conversation. Oliver has two kids, the teenaged
Heather and the odd little Hendrix, and these three, along with
Felicia and Army, form an unconventional family, except that Army
wants to sleep with Heather, and Oliver wants to kill Army. Army has
never met his father, but his fascination with his absent father—and
his absent father's money—begins to grow as odd gifts from Edgar
begin to show up (like a case of Jolly Ranchers and some red
shoelaces). And Felicia, who has kept her distance from the man,
feels Edgar's shadow looming over them. A brutal assault, a mortal
disease, a death, and a birth reshuffle this group of people again to
form another version of the family.
| | Author
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Williams, Ian
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25 cm
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Vintage Canada edition, 2019.
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9780735274051
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Ian Williams.
| | Subjects
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Locally Reviewed Novels(CK);
Death—Fiction;
Family—Fiction;
Family life—Fiction;
Parent-child relationship—Fiction;
Romance fiction
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FIC WIL
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Locally Reviewed
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