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2012 Longlist

Cool Water

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Juliet, Saskatchewan, is a blink-of-an-eye kind of town — the welcome sign announces a population of 1,011 people — and it’s easy to imagine that nothing happens on its hot and dusty streets. Situated on the edge of the Little Snake sand hills, Juliet and its inhabitants are caught in limbo between a century — old promise of prosperity and whatever lies ahead. But the heart of the town beats in the rich and overlapping stories of its people: the foundling who now owns the farm his adoptive family left him; the pregnant teenager and her mother, planning a fairytale wedding; a shy couple, well beyond middle age, struggling with the recognition of their feelings for one another; a camel named Antoinette; and the ubiquitous wind and sand that forever shift the landscape. Their stories bring the prairie desert and the town of Juliet to vivid and enduring life.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Dianne
Warren

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

Set in the fictional prairie hamlet of Juliet, Saskatchewan, Cool Water takes place over the course of a single day. Naturally, the day is anything but ordinary: secrets are revealed, marriages tested, and a life ended. Witty, original and reminiscent of Carol Shield’s work, this debut is an authentic look at life in the Canadian West. Winner of the Governor Generals Award for fiction 2010 – Cool Water is an exquisitely constructed, unpretentious novel set in small town Saskatchewan. Through the author’s subtle observations, the reader is fully immersed in the difficulties and joys of everyday life.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Canada
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins

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