
The Ladies' Lending Library
Janice Kulyk Keefer(Author)
Atlantic Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. February 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-84354-748-8 (ISBN)
Description
In the summer of 1963, the year of the sensational release of the film Cleopatra, the women of Ontario's Kalyna Beach prepare for their annual end-of-season party. With their husbands away in the city all week, the women's days are ruled by the predictable rhythms of children and chores, lightened by the 'racy' books they trade amongst themselves and by their Friday afternoon gatherings for gin and gossip.
But this is the summer when everything will change for the girls and women of Kalyna Beach, as innocence is exchanged for a new understanding of the possibilities open to them all.
But this is the summer when everything will change for the girls and women of Kalyna Beach, as innocence is exchanged for a new understanding of the possibilities open to them all.
Reviews / Votes
"* 'The Ladies' Lending Library satisfies in the way the best sort of summer reading does - like wild strawberries, or blueberries gathered in the sun, or cold spring water gulped on a hot day.' Quill & Quire (Canada) * 'Kulyk Keefer's narrative has historical and generational sweep... A masterful rendering of a group of women in crisis.' National Post (Canada)"More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84354-748-8 (9781843547488)
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Person
Janice Kulyk Keefer is an internationally published author who has twice been shortlisted for Canada's Governor General's Award. This is her first novel to be published in the UK.