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| Monkey Beach |
Nominated ISBN: 0676970753 |
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| Eden Robinson | ||
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| Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, Canada |
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ABOUT THE
BOOK
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the peaceful shore of the Douglas Channel lies the remote Haisla community
of Kitamaat, British Columbia. Seventeen-year-old Jimmy Hill, ambitious
and handsome, is the pride of the village: an Olympic hopeful. Despite being
sought after by the local boy-chasers, serious-minded Jimmy shows little
interest in courtship, until he falls in love with Karaoke, tough as nails
and the village beauty. But their young romance is cut short by the news
of a horrifying accident at sea and Jimmy's mysterious disappearance. Circling the disaster are Monkey Beach's remarkable and endearing characters: Jimmy's older sister Lisamarie, the narrator; their loving parents, struggling to marry their Haisla heritage with Western ways; Uncle Mick, Native-rights activist and devoted Elvis fan; the thrifty, self-directed Ma-ma-oo (Haisla for 'grandmother'), guardian of the old traditions. But Lisamarie has other advisors less tangible or trustworthy: ghosts, sasquatches and animal spirits that weave their way into her life as she struggles with Jimmy's vanishing. Monkey Beach is a story about childhood and the pain of growing older, a multi-layered tale of family grief and redemption. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Eden
Robinson is
a First Nations woman whose father is Haisla and whose mother is Heiltsuk
(Bella Bella). She grew up in Haisla territory near Kitamaat, British
Columbia, Canada. Her first book, a collection of stories called Traplines,
was awarded the Winifred Holtby Prize for the best first work of fiction
in the Commonwealth and was selected as a New York Times Editor's Choice
and Notable Book of the Year. Monkey Beach is her first
novel. She lives in North Vancouver.
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