When She Was Electric: A Novel
When She Was Electric is an evocative portrait of a family and a small town torn apart by losses. At the heart of this subtle, textured novel is a wrenching disruption - the death of a young girl in a sleepy town. The book tells the story of three generations of women: the resourceful grandmother...
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When She Was Electric is an evocative portrait of a family and a small town torn apart by losses. At the heart of this subtle, textured novel is a wrenching disruption - the death of a young girl in a sleepy town. The book tells the story of three generations of women: the resourceful grandmother who turned unwanted land into a thriving enterprise; the daughters, ethereal
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ISBN:
9781551925967
Publisher: Raincoast Books, Polestar
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Everything in this book was pale, luminous, silvery, intricate, delicate. The characters were fluid, pale, fragile and were constantly slipping beneath bodies of water. The writing is so self-consciously ethereal that it came off as affected. Plus, the author really overused simile and lots of ti...
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