![]() ![]() I can be outside the city and in the country toĬross-country ski in ten minutes. From my window I also see the Gatineau Hills of John, the Thames and others.Īs you can see, rivers matter. Rhine, the Neckar, the Arve, the Oromocto, the St. I was born beside the Moira River and lived next to the Ottawa River during I’ve always been attracted by moving water: I live in Ottawa Ontario, Canada’s capital, a great city. Where you live and why you love it so much. Here Frances answers my questions, including my usual time travel scenario. Here she is talking about her book.Ī sample of Francis Itani's other titles include: Year, is now worth $100,000 to the winner, making it Canada's most ![]() The literary award, given to the best Canadian fiction book of the This is a stunning achievement fromįrances was finalist for the prestigious 2014 Giller prize for Tell. Rendered reminder of how the secrets we bury to protect ourselves canĪlso be the cause of our undoing. Tell is told with Frances's signature power and grace, it is both aĭeeply moving story about the burdens of the past and a beautifully ![]() In order to keep on living." This is how author Kimberly Elkins starts off her rave review of Frances's latest book, the sequel to Deafening, entitled Tell, in a recent New York Times Book Review. We tell our partners and, most important, the stories we tell ourselves There are the stories we tell our friends, the versions ![]()
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![]() ![]() THE FERRO FAMILY The Arrangement (Sean & Avery) Damaged (Peter & Sidney) Stripped (Jon & Cassie) The Proposition (Bryan & Hallie) Easy (Jocelyn Ferro) Broken Promises (Trystan & Mari) The Wedding Contract (Nick & Sky) Secrets & Lies (Kerry) H.M. Genre: Pop Romance Novella: 128 pgs Book 3 of 3 in DAMAGED series within the FERRO world. As she pieces together the events of the night before, it becomes clear an old enemy has it out for Peter, and if Sidney steps in the way it could destroy them both. She can recover from a damaged wedding, but a life without Peter is unthinkable. Sidney isn't about to walk away without a fight. There's no explanation in his haunted eyes, and the beautiful man leaves without another word. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES WITH 13+ MILLION COPIES SOLD Book 28 in the New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Ferro Family Series Volume 3 in the New York Times Bestselling DAMAGED Series The wedding day finally arrives, but when the groom, Peter Ferro Granz, shows up in a torn tux and covered in blood, he calls it off. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the spirit of Rachel Carson and John Berger, Fathoms is a work of profound insight and wonder. ![]() We travel to Japan to board whaling ships, examine the uncanny charisma of these magnificent mammals, and confront the plastic pollution now pervading their underwater environment. She takes us into the deeps to discover that one whale’s death can spark a great flourishing of creatures. In lively, inventive prose, she introduces us to whales so rare they have never been named she tells us of the astonishing variety found in whale sounds, and of whale ‘pop’ songs that sweep across hemispheres. In Fathoms: the world in the whale, Giggs blends natural history, philosophy, and science to explore these questions with clarity and hope. ![]() How do whales experience environmental change? Has our connection to these fabled animals been transformed by technology? What future awaits us, and them? And what does it mean to write about nature in the midst of an ecological crisis? When Rebecca Giggs encountered a humpback whale stranded on her local beach in Australia, she began to wonder how the lives of whales might shed light on the condition of our seas. ![]() |