by Gail Anderson-Dargatz · Virago · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781860493874
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«The Cure for Death by Lightning» is the literary fiction novel by Gail Anderson-Dargatz, published by Virago in paperback (304 pages, in English).
Set in remote Turtle Valley (British Columbia) during World War II, it follows fifteen-year-old Beth Weeks through a summer of disappearances, a bear attack on a companion, and a threat that stalks her. Recipes from her mother's notebook and native legends weave together magical realism, rural life, and family tensions.
First novel by Gail Anderson-Dargatz. The work was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the Betty Trask Award.
For readers of literary fiction and magical realism, especially those seeking coming-of-age stories and Canadian rural narrative.
Gail Kathryn Anderson-Dargatz is a Canadian novelist.
