While on a Cruise starts with the very moment when the author begins her journey as a writer and finishes with the completion of this as her sixth book. In between these moments are engaging and thought-provoking stories that examine how situations, environments, and relationships shape people and how a person's attitude and character ultimately shape what they get out of life.
Some of the stories in this collection are based on or inspired by the author's family tales, childhood memories, and her personal experiences. Others, from the fictional tale of young girls in a Catholic school in Lisbon, to a brother supporting a hypochondriac sister in Montreal, to a married couple in a seniors' home learning to look forward instead of back, introduce multilayered characters struggling to live the best way they know how and reveal the fascinating stories of everyday people.
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Produkt-Hinweis
Fadenheftung
Gewebe-Einband
mit Schutzumschlag
Maße
Höhe: 222 mm
Breite: 145 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-5255-5294-6 (9781525552946)
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Maria de Andrade est née à Lisbonne, Portugal. Elle, son mari et leur jeune fils sont arrivés à Montréal, Canada, en 1979. Trente-cinq ans plus tard, le couple déménage à Laval, au nord de Montréal, pour se rapprocher de leur famille.
L'auteure a déjà publié six livres en anglais, sa troisième langue : Memories of Lili, A Beagle's Life (2014), The Little Sect (2015), Cycles (2016), A Patch of Black Ice (2017), Looking for Daisy (2018) et While on a Cruise (2019).
Son chien Miko (de Memories of Lili) est décédé en 2022 juste avant son quinzième anniversaire. Maria, qui se préparait déjà à écrire La femme qui ne pouvait pas parler, l'a réincarné en Bobi, un personnage canin dans ce nouveau romain publié après.
