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North East
North East | Wendy McGrath
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE GEORGES BUGNET AWARD FOR FICTION!SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 RELIT AWARDS!In "North East," Wendy McGrath expands on the story she began with "Santa Rosa," as a working class couple living in 1960s Edmonton drift further (…more)
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Lindy
North East | Wendy McGrath
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Written in vignettes from the close third-person view of a young child, this short novel has the feel of a long prose poem. The early 60s in an Edmonton neighbourhood are evoked through all of the senses. All the feelings are there too, as a girl grapples with understanding what is happening in the adult world around her.
A year ago, I gave this 3 stars. Upon rereading, I've bumped that up to 4 on Goodreads.

shawnmooney Interesting! What prompted you to re-read it? 8y
Lindy @shawnmooney Book club. A worthwhile revisit. 👍 8y
shawnmooney I so rarely reread. One of book challenge tasks this year is to do just that. I am thinking it might be 8y
Lindy @shawnmooney I'm the same. I rarely reread only because there are so many that I haven't even read once. But when I do reread, it's always a pleasure. (And it's usually for a book discussion.) DNSWHN would be excellent no matter how many times. 8y
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Lindy
North East | Wendy McGrath
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- "You can't fly home on one wing" ... that's what my gramma would say to us when we came to see her.
- What did she mean Dad?
- If you said it was time to go she would say that and pour you another drink.
- Even kids?
- Well for the kids it was this poppy tea.

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Lindy
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The girl was so sure of happy that when they passed the big lake she knew all the fish in the water were happy too and even if there were monsters or dinosaurs in that lake they would be so happy that they wouldn't even bother eating the fish and would let them just swim and live.

Suet624 💕💕💕💕 8y
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Lindy
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Her mother's hat could tell stories without even using words & the girl would just feel them in her mind like those feathers so soft & light. She wished she could turn herself into that hat for half-an-hour & she knew how long that was now. One episode of Batman or the Monkees.

Spiderfelt What a great hat! 8y
Lindy @Spiderfelt I agree. It was on display in the Feather Club Museum at Caboolture historical village in Queensland. 8y
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Lindy
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When she reached for the ice cream she imagined her arm was the wing of a swan & she took her time wrapping her fingers around the cone as the woman handed it to her. Her fingers were long white feathers wrapping around the cone like it was a queen's sceptre & the nuts were precious jewels.