Losing Eddie - Hardcover

Corey, Deborah Joy

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ISBN 10: 094557567X ISBN 13: 9780945575672

Publisher: Algonquin Books, 1993

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A moving first-person narrative records the struggle and turmoil of a life of poverty and despair in rural southeastern Canada, as seen through the eyes of perceptive and innocent nine-year-old girl. A first novel.

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Mama suffers from mental illness, Daddy hides out in the well house drinking beer, and Sister has a brutish husband who slaps her around. When 15-year-old Eddie returns home from reform school, things seem to be looking up. But before long Eddie is gone again — this time for good.

Deborah Joy Corey's haunting portrayal of a rural family in crisis won the SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award. This powerful audio recording, dramatized by the author, features Annick Obonsawin as Eddie's stoic nine-year-old sister. With heart-wrenching dispassion, she describes the succession of tragedies that threaten to unravel this already vulnerable household, culminating in the loss of Eddie and Mama's violent depression. Also starring Linda Griffiths, Richard Donat, and Shannon Lawson, Losing Eddie is a poignant tribute to the resilience of the human spirit.

About the Author:

Deborah Joy Corey has lived much of her life in New Brunswick and in neighbouring Maine. Her first novel, Losing Eddie, won the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award. She is also the author of the novel The Skating Pond and she was recently awarded the Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize by the radio program Selected Shorts. Deborah Joy Corey grew up in rural New Brunswick and presently lives in Castile, Maine. Her second novel, The Skating Pond, has recently been released in paperback.

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