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THE WAY THE CROW FLIES: A Novel
by MacDonald, Ann-Marie
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0676974082
- ISBN 13
- 9780676974089
- Seller
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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Knopf Canada, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/near fine. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Eight-year-old Madeline McCarthy loves her new home in the quiet air force base near the Canadian-American border. But when a local murder intersects with global forces Madeline learns that no one -- even her parents -- are as they seem… a lesson she can only begin to understand 20 years later when she resolves to find the truth, and the killer.In her highly anticipated new novel, Ann-Marie MacDonald takes us back to a postwar world. For Madeleine McCarthy, high-spirited and eight years old, her family's posting to a quiet air force base near the Canadian-American border is at first welcome, secure as she is in the love of her family and unaware that her father, Jack, is caught up in his own web of secrets. The early sixties, a time of optimism infused with the excitement of the space race and overshadowed by the menace of the Cold War, is filtered through the rich imagination of a child as Madeleine draws us into her world.But the base is host to some intriguing inhabitants, including the unconventional Froehlich family, and the odd Mr. March, whose power over the children is a secret burden that they carry. Then tragedy strikes, and a very local murder intersects with global forces, binding the participants for life. As the tension in the McCarthys' household builds, Jack must decide where his loyalties lie, and Madeleine learns about the ambiguity of human morality -- a lesson that will become clear only when the quest for the truth, and the killer, is renewed twenty years later.The Way the Crow Flies is a novel that is as compelling as it is rich. With her unerring eye for the whimsical, the absurd, and the quintessentially human, Ann-Marie MacDonald stunningly evokes the pain, confusion, and humor of childhood in a perilous adult world. At once a loving portrayal and indictment of an era, The Way the Crow Flies is a work of great heart and soaring intelligence.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliodditiques
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001294
- Title
- THE WAY THE CROW FLIES: A Novel
- Author
- MacDonald, Ann-Marie
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0676974082
- ISBN 13
- 9780676974089
- Publisher
- Knopf Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- FICTION HISTORICAL ONTARIO
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Thank you for visiting the home page of BIBLIODDITIQUES - specializing in children's literature, non-fiction, and rare and antiquarian books. This year marks my 12th anniversary in the book trade. I am a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2009) and a member of the IOBA (International Online Booksellers Association). I take pride in offering books that are of the same quality that I like to see in my own private collection. Books I sell must meet my own high standards of condition, which generally requires that the binding be tight, dust jackets be intact, and that there be no major defects. I do not offer books that are ex-library copies, unless they are hard to find in any condition. Customer satisfaction is very important to me. I am happy to answer any questions you may have and to send you photos of my listings upon request. Your patronage is greatly appreciated.
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