A Bird in the House (New Canadian Library, No. 96)
by Margaret Laurence
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- ISBN 10
- 0771091966
- ISBN 13
- 9780771091964
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U.S.A: New Canadian Library, 1974. 1st canadia edition. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x4x0. Dust-Jacket Is In Very Good Condition, The Book Is In Very Good Condition. With No Gift Inscription Or Remarks Inside. Price Clipped Dust Jacket.- We can ship from Canada and the USA, based on your address. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
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Margaret Laurence was born in Neepawa, Manitoba, in 1926. Upon graduation from Winnipeg’s United College in 1947, she took a job as a reporter for the Winnipeg Citizen . From 1950 until 1957 Laurence lived in Africa, the first two years in Somalia, the next five in Ghana, where her husband, a civil engineer, was working. She translated Somali poetry and prose during this time, and began her career as a fiction writer with stories set in Africa. When Laurence returned to Canada in 1957, she settled in Vancouver, where she devoted herself to fiction with a Ghanaian setting: in her first novel, This Side Jordan , and in her first collection of short fiction, The Tomorrow-Tamer . Her two years in Somalia were the subject of her memoir, The Prophet’s Camel Bell . Separating from her husband in 1962, Laurence moved to England, which became her home for a decade, the time she devoted to the creation of five books about the fictional town of Manawaka, patterned after her birthplace, and its people: The Stone Angel , A Jest of God , The Fire-Dwellers , A Bird in the House , and The Diviners . Laurence settled in Lakefield, Ontario, in 1974. She complemented her fiction with essays, book reviews, and four children’s books. Her many honours include two Governor General’s Awards for Fiction and more than a dozen honorary degrees. Margaret Laurence died in Lakefield, Ontario, in 1987. From the Paperback edition.
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- Title
- A Bird in the House (New Canadian Library, No. 96)
- Author
- Margaret Laurence
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
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- Edition
- 1st canadia edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0771091966
- ISBN 13
- 9780771091964
- Publisher
- New Canadian Library
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 7x4x0
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