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- 2 of 2 copies available at LARL/NWRL Consortium.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Climax Public Library | BAU (Text) | 33500012483541 | Main | Available | - |
Detroit Lakes Public Library | BAU (Text) | 33500012483533 | Main | Available | - |
Record details
- ISBN: 0544716957
- ISBN: 9780544716957
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Physical Description:
308 pages ; 22 cm
print - Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | Retreating to her family's rural house in Ireland to escape the challenges of urban life, artist Frankie explores the chain of events that have challenged her mental stability and art education. As she picks up photography once more, she searches for meaning and healing while examining the natural world around her. |
Reviews
Author Notes
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2017 March #2
*Starred Review* Frankie is an artist in her midtwenties with depressive tendencies and a generally aimless outlook on the world. She decides to move into her late grandmother's cottage to keep an eye on the house, get some fresh air, and hunt for artistic inspiration while the cottage waits for a buyer. Frankie does a few chores and whizzes around the countryside on a refurbished bicycle, generally lost in her own thoughts. Her latest photography project might not win any awards, but it allows her to view the world around her in new and complex ways. Frankie knows that staying at the cottage won't fix everything, but it might inspire her to start fixing things for herself. Author Baume is an Irish native with a blissfully poetic voice perfectly suited to the novel's pastoral setting. Referencing works of art ranging from paint-daubed Impressionists to experimental performance pieces, she helpfully includes an index of cited works. Baume's second novel is a study in contrasts: high art against natural beauty, a mechanical turbine against the rustic Irish landscape, inner turmoil against outward appearances. Fans of Colum McCann and Richard Russo will adore this masterful and meditative novel that doesn't emphasize plot over atmosphere. Copyright 2017 Booklist Reviews.
SARA BAUME studied fine art before earning a master&;s in creative writing. She was short-listed for the Costa First Novel Award for Spill Simmer Falter Wither and was also the recipient of the Davy Byrnes Short Story Award and the Hennessy New Irish Writing Award. She lives in Cork, Ireland.
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Genre: | Bildungsromans. |