The Wards / Terry Doyle.
The Wards / Terry Doyle.
By
:
Doyle, Terry, 1951-
Publication Date
:
2022
Publication Information
:
St. John's, N.L. : Breakwater Books,
Physical Description
:
240 p.
Subject Term
:
Families -- Fiction.
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Summary
:
Award-winning author Terry Doyle offers heartbreaking and humorous insights into constructions of masculinity in this gripping family drama.The Wards are a working-class Newfoundland family on the cusp of upheaval. The children are becoming adults, the adults are growing old, and the new dog was probably stolen. When a sudden illness forces the Wards together, can they finally learn to be close-knit? This unsettling, at times hilarious novel explores the instability of nuclear families and the depths of dysfunction. Family is family - you don't get to choose. So what, exactly, do you get to choose?
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781550819359
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Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC DOY | |
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Harry's Harbour | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC DOY | |
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Lewisporte | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC DOY | |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC DOY | |
Port aux Basques | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC DOY | |
Rocky Harbour | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC DOY | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC DOY | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Fiction NL Reference - Conservation Room | FIC DOY | |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC DOY | |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC DOY | |
St. Lawrence | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC DOY | SLA NL |
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