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Caroline Adderson was born on September 9, 1963 in Edmonton, Alberta.
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Ellen In Pieces
( Ellen McGinty: sexy, impulsive, loud-mouthed, chock ful...)
Ellen McGinty: sexy, impulsive, loud-mouthed, chock full of regrets. In middle age she sells the house she raised her daughters in, slips off the shell of her old life, and steps out for a first, tentative foray into real contentment - directly into the path of a man twenty years her junior. Her story explodes into multiple points of view. Through the eyes of her lover, Matt, her ex-husband, Larry, her two daughters (one a former addict), her grandson, and her friends, we watch Ellen negotiate her tumultuous life as the pieces of who she is finally come together. In its entirety, Ellen in Pieces explores love in its varied forms, the nature of regret (and the possibility of recovery from it), and that greatest human test, mortality. Exquisitely written, absorbing and intelligent, this new novel by Caroline Adderson shows her at the top of her form. Ellen in Pieces is a deeply affecting story, an emotional mirror for all our lives.
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Ellen in Pieces: A Novel
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Sitting Practice: A Novel
(It only takes a moment for your life to be changed foreve...)
It only takes a moment for your life to be changed forever—as the characters of this darkly comic novel discover early on. The fateful moment for the newlyweds Ross and Iliana comes with the freak automobile accident that leaves Iliana paralyzed, Ross grief-stricken, and both of them struggling to come to terms with a married life nothing like they originally had in mind. As the usually affable Ross struggles with guilt and with finding ways to cope with his newly fractured life, Iliana gets used to her unwelcome existence as a wheelchair-bound wife, to her husband’s growing sense of alienation, and to their awkward new lack of intimacy. What ultimately happens with Ross and Iliana is as unexpected and surprising as the fateful mishap that sets the events in motion in the first place. Sitting Practice is a clever and insightful study of love’s collision with harsh reality, told by an author with a remarkable instinct for the workings of human nature, a nimble gift for language, and the ability to find humor in the oddest places.
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- Sitting Practice - Advance Reader's Edition (Sitting Practice A Novel by Caroline Adderson - Advance R...)
- A History of Forgetting (Malcolm, an aging hairdresser, is reclusive and bitter. A...)
Caroline Adderson
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Education
She studied at the University of British Columbia, receiving a degree in education in 1982.
Career
She has published four novels, two short story collections and two books for young readers.
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Works
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Sitting Practice - Advance Reader's Edition
(Sitting Practice A Novel by Caroline Adderson - Advance R...)
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Sitting Practice: A Novel
(It only takes a moment for your life to be changed foreve...)
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Ellen In Pieces
( Ellen McGinty: sexy, impulsive, loud-mouthed, chock ful...)
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A History of Forgetting
( Malcolm, an aging hairdresser, is reclusive and bitter....)
- Ellen in Pieces: A Novel
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Sitting Practice - Advance Reader's Edition
Awards
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Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize; Marian Engel Award the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize; Governor General's Award; Marian Engel Award
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields.The Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields.