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Publisher
ECW Press
Language
English
Description
CBC Canada Reads 2009 Runner-Up
Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection
"Hilarious and gentle." — Booklist
"Beguilingly alive." — Seattle Times
"Laugh-out-loud funny." — NOW
"Bracingly off-centre." — Globe & Mail
"Lovely and odd." — Kirkus Review
"Sweet, tart and
...Author
Publisher
Doubleday Canada
Language
English
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Description
Joyce Sparks, eighty-five years old, has lived in the Chestnut Park Home for the Aged ever since she fell and was relegated to a wheelchair. But when Timothy, a young volunteer at the Home, befriends stubborn and steadfast Joyce, he opens her world - and her heart - in ways she never could have imagined. Sweeping from Joyce's teenage years in a small-town '50s to her final days at the end of the twentieth century, this is a profound, witty and vibrant...
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