The Roaring Girl

Authors: Hollingshead, Greg
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
BISAC/Subject: FIC029000
ISBN: 9781554689682, Related ISBNs: 1554689686, 9780006393580, 9781554689682
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 208,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis:

“Writing doesn’t get much better,” The Edmonton Journal enthused when The Roaring Girl was first published in 1995. Readers and award committees agreed, bestowing Hollingshead with bestselling-author status and a Governor General’s Award for Fiction. These are 12 stories that dazzle with a compelling sense of mystery just below the surface, a showcase for Hollingshead’s uncanny ability to turn the world on its head and view life from unexpected perspectives.

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