Leaning, Leaning Over Water
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HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0006392504
ISBN13:9780006392507
Release Date:December 2002
Publisher:Phyllis Bruce Books Perennial
Length:206 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:8.0" x 0.6" x 5.3"
Customer Reviews
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Great, subtle story about family
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Itani's look at an Anglo family living literally and metaphorically on the edge of English and French cultures is an understated story about family roles, adult relationships, and childhood perceptions. The story of the family is told by Trude, the middle child: Perceptive and honest, Trude makes a refreshing narrator. Her sensitivity to the intricacies of her family's relationships with one another, along with their relationship to friends and neighbours they have rather unwillingly settled amongst (at the insistance of Trude's father, who wants to live by the river) show both the innocence and the maturity of her memories. Itani's obvious preference for description over dialogue can become tiring, but the smoothness of her writing ultimately redeems the story and makes the book one worth reading.
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