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Ordinary strangers : a novel / Bill Stenson.

By: Publisher: Salt Spring Island, British Columbia : Mother Tongue Publishing, 2018Description: 274 pages : illustrationContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1896949703 (pbk.)
  • 9781896949703 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • FIC
Summary: This astonishing novel begins at a fair on a hot August day in 1971 in Hope, BC. Sage and Della Howard are driving to Fernie to start a job and begin a new life. They stop for a break, lose their dog and in the search find a crying toddler in the nearby woods instead, and just as unexpectedly, are back on the road continuing their journey with her. As the story unfolds and years pass, the Howards keep their dark secret and raise Stacey as their own. A compelling and original story, with fascinating characters, well-paced, that takes you to the other side of happenstance and fear.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Fiction (pbk) Flesherton Branch Shelves FIC Stens (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 32241001117508

This astonishing novel begins at a fair on a hot August day in 1971 in Hope, BC. Sage and Della Howard are driving to Fernie to start a job and begin a new life. They stop for a break, lose their dog and in the search find a crying toddler in the nearby woods instead, and just as unexpectedly, are back on the road continuing their journey with her. As the story unfolds and years pass, the Howards keep their dark secret and raise Stacey as their own. A compelling and original story, with fascinating characters, well-paced, that takes you to the other side of happenstance and fear.

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