Annabel by Kathleen Winter
Kathleen Winter's luminous debut novel is a deeply affecting portrait of life in an enchanting seaside town and the trials of growing up unique in a restrictive environment. In 1968, into the devastating, spare atmosphere of the remote coastal town of Labrador, Canada, a child is born: a baby who appears to be neither fully boy nor fully girl, but both at once. Only three people are privy to the secret--the baby's parents, Jacinta and Treadway, and a trusted neighbor and midwife, Thomasina. Though Treadway makes the difficult decision to raise the child as a boy named Wayne, the women continue to quietly nurture the boy's female side. And as Wayne grows into adulthood within the hyper-masculine hunting society of his father, his shadow-self, a girl he thinks of as Annabel, is never entirely extinguished. Kathleen Winter has crafted a literary gem about the urge to unveil mysterious truth in a culture that shuns contradiction, and the body's insistence on coming home. A daringly unusual debut full of unforgettable beauty, Annabel introduces a remarkable new voice to American readers.Annabel, Kathleen Winter's debut novel, was nominated for the Orange Prize, the IMPAC Dublin Award, and three of Canada's most prestigious literary prizes; it received the Thomas Head Raddall Award (2011) and an Independent Literary Award (2010); it was named a New York Times Editor's Pick for 2011, became a #1 Canadian bestseller, and was translated into more than a dozen languages. Winter's debut book of short stories (boYs, 2006) was also nominated for multiple Canadian awards. In the fall of 2014, she will release Boundless, a book on her travels in the Arctic. Winter, who was born in the United Kingdom and spent many years in Newfoundland, now resides in Montreal.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780802170828 |
| ISBN 10 | 080217082X |
| Title | Annabel |
| Author | Kathleen Winter |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Year published | 2011-01-04 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Prizes | Commended for Scotiabank Giller Prize 2010, Commended for Governor General's Literary Awards (Fiction) 2010 |
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