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The suspenseful, emotionally resonant, and utterly compelling story of what brings an enigmatic French woman to a small Canadian town in the 1930s, a woman who has found depths of strength in dark times and comes to discover sanctuary at last. For readers of The Imposter Bride, The Cellist of Sarajevo, Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay, and The Red Violin.
Helene Giroux arrives alone in St. Homais on a winter day. She wears good city clothes and drives an elegant car, and everything she owns is in a small trunk in the back seat. In the local church she finds a fine old piano, a Molnar, and she knows just how fine it is, for her family had manufactured these pianos before the Great War. Then her mother's death and war forces her to abandon her former life.
The story moves back and forth in time as Helene, settling into a simple life, playing the piano for church choir, recalls the extraordinary events that brought her to this place. They include the early loss of her soldier husband and the reappearance of an old suitor who rescues her and her daughter, when she is most desperate; the journeys that very few women of her time could even imagine, into the forests of Indochina in search of ancient treasures and finally, and fatefully, to the Canadian north. When the town policeman confronts her, past and present suddenly converge and she must face an episode that she had thought had been left behind forever.
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About the Author
KURT PALKA is the author of seven novels. His previous work includes Clara, which was published in hardcover as Patient Number 7 and was a finalist for the Hammett Prize, and most recently The Hour of the Fox. He lives near Toronto.
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Praise for Clara:
· "Deeply engrossing and unforgettable... will leave readers shouting 'bravo' for the resiliency of the human spirit." Publishers Weekly
· "Showcases Palka's great attention to detail, which enhances an already beautiful and deeply moving story of hope, love, and triumph." Booklist (starred review)
· "In much the same way as Carol Shields did for Daisy Goodwill Flett in The Stone Diaries, Kurt Palka gives dignity to a life lived." Winnipeg Free Press
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- PublisherMcClelland & Stewart
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 0771071280
- ISBN 13 9780771071287
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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