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Canada

Richard Ford

Start date: August 1, 2012

Finish date: September 25, 2012

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Jul 04, 2013 Kathrina rated it liked it

Shelves: american-fiction, ala

Richard Ford's Independence Day was one of those books that I picked up at just the right time in my life that every page pinged me with a resonance that left me in puddles on the floor. Not only is it beautifully written, but his main character took residence inside me.
Recently, I had the amazing fortune to attend the Carnegie Awards ceremony, and I witnessed Mr. Ford receive the 2013 Carnegie Medal for fiction. After my complimentary glass (or two) of wine, I stole an opportunity to introduce ...more

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Feb 01, 2013 Linda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, chcpl

Well-written book that has the parents of a set of twins caught after they rob a bank. Although only 15 when their parents go to jail, the twins go there own ways. The story follows the boy, Dell into Canada where he experiences more bizarre events.
Ford's writing is lyrical and mesmerizing. ...more

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Jun 24, 2012 Elle rated it it was amazing

Shelves: recommend

The opening lines of the book are "First, I'll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then about the murders, which happened later." I didn't have to read too far beyond this to instantly sense that, despite it being dark, this was going to be on my "Best of 2012" list.

15 year old Dell, narrates dramatic, life-changing events that happened to him and his twin sister, Berner, in a very sparse but powerful tone to capture this coming of age story. This is not an 'action' book but all throug ...more

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Jul 14, 2012 Laurie rated it really liked it

Canada offers readers a glimpse of the rural, still developing region of Saskatchewan in the early '60s, but more significantly, the story wanders through the "rural" terrain of issues of identity, personal choices, and human nature as Del, the protagonist, determines his own course of life even though he feels that much of it is being determined for him by circumstances. Del does not realize, as a teen, how his own choices determine his adult life -- the author leads the reader through Del's jo ...more

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Jul 20, 2012 Kate rated it it was amazing

Masterpiece! I love an adolescent narrator and a coming of age story. To emerge from the smoldering wreckage of a childhood, sharing your insights along the way . . . brilliantly done.

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