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Unlocking (Hardcover)
Amy LeBlanc
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R1,032
R828
Discovery Miles 8 280
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Louise Till, mother of two, has inherited her father's hardware
store after her parents' unexpected deaths. She begins to cut
copies of her customers' keys for herself, each one a talisman
against grief and the terrible guilt she feels at not having
realized that her parents were desperately unhappy. Louise could
use the keys, but she doesn't. Not until her life is overturned,
again, when her marriage falls apart. Lou gives in to temptation,
letting herself into Euphemia Rosenbaum's home. What follows is a
tale of blackmail, break-ins, an unsolved mystery, and more secrets
than Lou ever wanted to know. Lou must confront not only the lives
of her neighbors, but the unspoken truths of her family and the
doors within herself for which there are no keys. Told over the
course of one long winter, Unlocking is a poignant and penetrating
exploration of grief, community, family, and the secrets we keep,
even from ourselves.
What does it mean to be at home? Are we ever truly alone in our
houses? In "Twisted", a woman loses her best friend's daughter
while an old acquaintance is on trial for murder; "Nectar and
Nickel" introduces readers to a young girl who digs up the corpse
of the family cat and comforts herself with macabre fairy tales. In
"Garden Bed", secrets are buried in the garden plot with the best
of intentions, but they are dug up by a fox who watches and sees
everything. Haunted bodies, haunted houses, and haunted
relationships colour this collection to show us that our homes are
not our own. We are only guests.
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Unlocking (Paperback)
Amy LeBlanc
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R485
R405
Discovery Miles 4 050
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Louise Till, mother of two, has inherited her father's hardware
store after her parents' unexpected deaths. She begins to cut
copies of her customers' keys for herself, each one a talisman
against grief and the terrible guilt she feels at not having
realized that her parents were desperately unhappy. Louise could
use the keys, but she doesn't. Not until her life is overturned,
again, when her marriage falls apart. Lou gives in to temptation,
letting herself into Euphemia Rosenbaum's home. What follows is a
tale of blackmail, break-ins, an unsolved mystery, and more secrets
than Lou ever wanted to know. Lou must confront not only the lives
of her neighbors, but the unspoken truths of her family and the
doors within herself for which there are no keys. Told over the
course of one long winter, Unlocking is a poignant and penetrating
exploration of grief, community, family, and the secrets we keep,
even from ourselves.
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