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In this brilliant, unsettling novel, Maharaj asks us, “What happens to the soul when all minds are tied together?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"excerpt\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"extras\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eExtras\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eListen to Rabin on Get Lit with Jaime Tennant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/483839310\u0026amp;color=%231c0c04\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;show_teaser=true\u0026amp;visual=true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eListen to Rabin on The Next Chapter with Shelagh Rogers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe height=\"\" width=\"932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/i\/caffeine\/syndicate\/?mediaId=1254147651717\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003ca name=\"about\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Rabindranath Maharaj","offers":[{"title":"Print","offer_id":5949461757980,"sku":"ISBN 978-1-928088-56-1","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"EPUB","offer_id":32899175284839,"sku":"9781928088882","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"MOBI","offer_id":32899178954855,"sku":"9781928088899","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2335\/9075\/products\/9781928088561_90e2de4c-5e4c-48e8-942b-cd74e382e7a8.jpg?v=1562270569"},{"product_id":"in-search-of-the-perfect-singing-flamingo","title":"In Search of the Perfect Singing Flamingo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMay 2018 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e272 pages | ISBN 978-1-928088-57-8\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Chosen for Hamilton Reads 2019*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Henry Robinson’s daughter Starr is born with Williams Syndrome, he swears to devote his life to making her happy. More than twenty years later, Henry works at Frankie's Funhouse, where he repairs the animatronic band that Starr loves, wrestling with her attempts at living outside the family home. His wife wishes he would allow Starr more independence and turn his attention a little more to their own relationship and their other daughter, Melanie. As tensions mount Henry’s young coworker, Darren, reveals he needs to get to Chicago Comic Con to win back his ex-girlfriend, so Henry packs Starr (and her pet turtles) and Darren (still dressed as Frankie the mascot) into the van for a road trip no one was prepared for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold in multiple points of view, we hear from Henry, Darren and Starr as they all try to find their place in the world. \u003cem\u003eIn Search of the Perfect Singing Flamingo\u003c\/em\u003e is a charming, tender and often funny story of a father struggling to let his daughters grow up and of a family struggling against hard odds, taking care of each other when the world lets them down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"#advance\"\u003eAdvance Praise\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"#reviews\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"#interviews\"\u003eInterviews\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"#articles\"\u003eArticles\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"#excerpt\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"#trailer\"\u003eBook Trailer\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"#about\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"advance\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eAdvance Praise\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Hilarious and humane, uproarious and unpredictable, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wolsakandwynn.ca\/authors-all\/claire-tacon\"\u003eClaire Tacon\u003c\/a\u003e's \u003cem\u003eIn Search of the Perfect Singing Flamingo \u003c\/em\u003ehums with infectious power. Imagine George Saunders and Meg Wolitzer co-authored a book about a Chuck E. Cheese franchise in North York, only then might you get some idea of what Claire Tacon has accomplished here. It's a story about regret, siblinghood, parenthood, fertility, nostalgia and disappointment, which is perhaps just a long way of saying: it's a story about a family.\"\u003cbr\u003e– Michael Christie, author of \u003cem\u003eIf I Fall, If I Die\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Written with humour and grace, \u003cem\u003eIn Search of the Perfect Singing Flamingo\u003c\/em\u003e centres on Henry Robinson, a father struggling to be his best in his relationship with his daughters, a father learning to hold on tighter and to let go in equal measure. Add to that a funhouse and a road trip and a cast of characters you won't soon forget, and you have a novel that manages to be clever and funny and wrenching and captivating all at once. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wolsakandwynn.ca\/authors-all\/claire-tacon\"\u003eTacon\u003c\/a\u003e's writing is full of quiet magic, mixing the ordinary with the extraordinary as only great fiction can do. I couldn't put it down until I'd reached its final page.\"\u003cbr\u003e– Amy Stuart, author of\u003cem\u003e Still Mine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"reviews\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eReviews\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Emergent Fiction\" href=\"https:\/\/utpjournals.press\/doi\/10.3138\/utq.89.3.001.en\"\u003eEmergent Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e (Brandon Mcfarlane, \u003cem\u003eUniversity of Toronto Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, 02\/03\/2021)\u003cbr\u003e\"Claire Tacon’s \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn Search of the Perfect Singing Flamingo\u003c\/i\u003e is a nostalgic novel that, ironically, investigates the theme of accepting change. . . . The family novel is a joy to read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/freefallmagazine.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/26\/review-of-claire-tacons-in-search-of-the-perfect-singing-flamingo\/\"\u003eReview of Claire Tacon's \"In Search of the Perfect Singing Flamingo\"\u003c\/a\u003e (Daryl Sneath, \u003cem\u003eFreeFall Magazine,\u003c\/em\u003e 26\/01\/2020)\u003cbr\u003e\"Everything Tacon summons here hums with energy and purpose, captured perhaps most starkly by the juxtaposition of the unexpected: so-called 'high' art alongside 'low' art, classic literature allusions rubbing elbows with contemporary luminaries and, not to be forgotten, a pair of innocently smuggled turtles who unwittingly cause all kinds of problems.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.eventmagazine.ca\/2019\/02\/cathy-stonehouse-reviews-new-novels-by-rachel-giese-and-claire-tacon-for-issue-47-3\/\"\u003eCathy Stonehouse Reviews New Novels by Rachel Giese and Claire Tacon for Issue 47\/3\u003c\/a\u003e (Cathy Stonehouse, \u003cem\u003eEvent Poetry and Prose,\u003c\/em\u003e 04\/02\/2019)\u003cbr\u003e\"Tacon's writing is concise, nimble and precise [...] Every detail rings true and the authorial voice only rarely overwhelms the characters'. Tacon's skilfully integrated research and the specificity of the situations in which she places her characters work together to solidify her evocation of some very different social experiences.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.forewordreviews.com\/reviews\/in-search-of-the-perfect-singing-flamingo\/\"\u003eIn Search of the Perfect Singing Flamingo\u003c\/a\u003e (Laura Leavitt, \u003cem\u003eForeword Reviews, \u003c\/em\u003eJul\/Aug 2018)\u003cbr\u003e\"The plot twists here are hilarious and hopeful, even through excellently drawn, spine-tingling conflicts. Dialogue is snappy, and inner monologues humanize the characters, even as they make decisions with bad consequences. Life with Williams Syndrome is explored with nuance.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshelf.ca\/article\/view\/716\"\u003eReview: In Search of the Perfect Singing Flamingo\u003c\/a\u003e (Andrew Hood, 27\/05\/2018)\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eIn Search of the Perfect Singing Flamingo\u003c\/em\u003e is equal parts compassionate and tough, fun and punishing. What the right thing to do for yourself or for another person is rarely cut and dry, and no matter which decision you make – the safe one or the unsafe one – there will be consequences.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quillandquire.com\/review\/in-search-of-the-perfect-singing-flamingo\/\"\u003eIn Search of the Perfect Singing Flamingo by Claire Tacon\u003c\/a\u003e (Dory Cerny, \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire,\u003c\/em\u003e 25\/05\/2018)\u003cbr\u003e\"In her sophomore novel, Claire Tacon takes a gentle and measured approach to the story of one family's experience with Williams syndrome. [She] succeeds at making her characters, and their stories, touching and resonant.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/picklemethis.com\/2018\/05\/15\/in-search-of-the-perfect-singing-flamingo-by-claire-tacon\/\"\u003eIn Search of the Perfect Singing Flamingo, by Claire Tacon\u003c\/a\u003e (Kerry Clare, \u003cem\u003ePickle Me This, \u003c\/em\u003e15\/05\/2018)\u003cbr\u003e\"I loved this book. A novel with this many first-person points of view is an ambitious one, but Tacon lives up to the challenge. She gives each of her characters such rich and rewarding back-stories, occupations, and preoccupations – each one enough to fill a book on its own. And as the story progresses, it becomes clear how connected everything is, how multifaceted the symbolism is. This is not a book about Starr, about disability, about a road trip, about an animatronic rat – but instead, it’s about relationships and intersections, and the incredible interconnectedness of all our lives and the things we love, and the ramifications of our behaviour on others that we might fail to consider. It’s about making safe spaces in the world so that Henry can send Starr out into it with assurance that she is valued and included. It’s a novel about trust, in ourselves, in society, and each other. And it’s a triumph.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"interviews\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eInterviews\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theadroitjournal.org\/2019\/05\/28\/one-possible-experience-a-conversation-with-claire-tacon\/\"\u003eOne Possible Experience: A Conversation with Claire Tacon\u003c\/a\u003e (Kate Finegan, \u003cem\u003eThe Adroit Journal,\u003c\/em\u003e 28\/05\/2019)\u003cbr\u003e\"My intention with the book was to have it really grounded in a specific family at a specific time in a specific place. I wanted to accurately represent a possible experience, not a 'universal' experience.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookishradio.ca\/2018\/08\/23\/episode-22-claire-tacon-eden-mills-writers-festival-podcast\/\"\u003eEpisode #22 Claire Tacon — Eden Mills Writers' Festival Podcast\u003c\/a\u003e (Anna Bowen, \u003cem\u003eBookish Radio,\u003c\/em\u003e 23\/08\/2018)\u003cbr\u003eAnna Bowen interviews Guelph novelist Claire Tacon about her new novel, \u003cem\u003eIn Search of the Perfect Singing Flamingo\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/alllitup.ca\/Blog\/2018\/Writer-s-Block-Claire-Tacon\"\u003eWriter's Block: Claire Tacon\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003cem\u003eAll Lit Up,\u003c\/em\u003e 07\/08\/2018)\u003cbr\u003e\"My writing has been described as domestic and I’d love to be asked why I write on that scale. My hunch is that particular label can never escape the traps of gender. No one calls Mordecai Richler’s \u003cem\u003eBarney’s Version\u003c\/em\u003e domestic fiction. When a man is wrestling with his internal state, reconciling his life, we call it an existential crisis. Also, I think that writing about people, their immediate lives, can be more political than we give it credit for.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/cfmu.ca\/episodes\/9692-get-lit-episode-for-2018-07-12\"\u003eGet Lit episode for 2018-07-12\u003c\/a\u003e (Jaime Tennant, \u003cem\u003eGet Lit,\u003c\/em\u003e 12\/07\/2018)\u003cbr\u003eClarie talks about her book and Chuck E. Cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/queenmobs.com\/2018\/06\/interview-claire-tacon\/\"\u003eINTERVIEW: CLAIRE TACON\u003c\/a\u003e (Jeremy Luke Hill, \u003cem\u003eQueen Mob's Teahouse,\u003c\/em\u003e 30\/06\/2018)\u003cbr\u003e\"In writing characters that were further from my experience, I felt like I had to meet three requirements. One, I had to know what I was talking about. This book involved a lot of research in many areas, but I’m particularly grateful to the Canadian Association for Williams Syndrome (CAWS). Two, I wanted to be accountable to the communities I was representing. Three, I need to look at how writers from within those communities have been ignored.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/open-book.ca\/News\/Geting-to-Know-Author-Claire-Tacon-Activism-Guelph-Love-and-a-Badass-Grandma\"\u003eGeting to Know Author Claire Tacon: Activism, Guelph Love, and a Badass Grandma\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003cem\u003eOpen Book,\u003c\/em\u003e 21\/06\/2018)\u003cbr\u003e\"My father once bought one hundred individually-portioned frozen Shepherd’s pies because the sale was so good. When he brought them home and tried them, we discovered why they had been so deeply discounted.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/49thshelf.com\/Blog\/2018\/06\/14\/The-Chat-with-Claire-Tacon\"\u003eThe Chat with Claire Tacon\u003c\/a\u003e (Trevor Corkum, \u003cem\u003e49th Shelf,\u003c\/em\u003e 14\/06\/2018)\u003cbr\u003e\"That transition out of high school, and adolescence in general, really fascinates me. I think of it like a volcanic eruption – you’re just growing at such an explosive rate, trying out all these different shapes and ways of being. Figuring out what you want to reject from the world and family you came into and what you want to model.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"articles\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eArticles\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/alllitup.ca\/Blog\/Off-Kilter2\/2022\/Off-Kilter-Weird-Lit-Road-Trip\"\u003eOff\/Kilter: Weird Lit Road Trip\u003c\/a\u003e (Tan Light, \u003cem\u003eAll Lit Up\u003c\/em\u003e, 19\/07\/2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eClaire's novel is part of this roundup of quirky, literary itineraries to inspire you to get out and about this summer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/alllitup.ca\/Lists\/Round-up-of-Cheer-17-Feel-Good-Books\"\u003eRound-up of Cheer: 17 Feel-Good Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll Lit Up\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 14\/12\/2021)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eClaire's novel makes this round-up of feel-good books!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/49thshelf.com\/Blog\/2020\/03\/26\/The-Books-I-Want-to-Read-Again\"\u003eThe Books I Want to Read Again\u003c\/a\u003e (Kerry Clare, \u003cem\u003e49th Shelf, \u003c\/em\u003e26\/03\/2020)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKerry Clare chooses Claire's book as one that she \"Want[s] to Read Again.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/hamilton\/here-s-the-book-hamilton-s-library-thinks-you-should-read-1.5164645\"\u003eHere's the book Hamilton's library thinks you should read\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003cem\u003eCBC News,\u003c\/em\u003e 06\/06\/2019)\u003cbr\u003e\"Picking the book was 'just an easy decision,' said Bozz, noting that staff also know library customers who have Williams Syndrome. The book was produced by Hamilton publisher Wolsak and Wynn, which was also a 'big drawing point.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/alllitup.ca\/Blog\/2019\/Books-to-Read-Based-on-Your-Zodiac-Sign\"\u003eBooks to Read Based on Your Zodiac Sign\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003cem\u003eAllLitUp\u003c\/em\u003e, 22\/01\/2019)\u003cbr\u003e\"Cancer: Family comes first for loyal cancer just like it does for devoted dad Henry Robinson in Claire Tacon's \u003ci\u003eIn Search of the Perfect Singing Flamingo\u003c\/i\u003e. Promising his daughter Starr, born with Williams Syndrome, a happy fulfilling life, sees Henry going to animatronic lengths to do just that, (including repairing an animatronic band that Starr loves and taking her on a road trip), and learning to give his daughter more independence.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/cantlit.libsyn.com\/068-cant-lit-bonus-daniel-zomparelli\"\u003e068 - Can't Lit - BONUS Daniel Zomparelli\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003cem\u003eCan't Lit\u003c\/em\u003e, 10\/12\/2018)\u003cbr\u003eClaire's novel is mentioned as one of the books loved by the hosts in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/49thshelf.com\/Blog\/2018\/11\/292\/2018-Books-of-the-Year-Fiction?fbclid=IwAR0ZvbRJLesBlKNbxUIlpc8SlEWzWdI0FvGEnuUohSTHMcPjAgK7RsT3p2g\"\u003e2018 Books of the Year: Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e (Kerry Clare, \u003cem\u003e49th Shelf\u003c\/em\u003e, 29\/11\/2018)\u003cbr\u003eClaire's book makes \u003cem\u003e49th Shelf\u003c\/em\u003e's favourite books of 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/49thshelf.com\/Blog\/2018\/08\/13\/Get-Out-Of-Town-11-Literary-Getaways\"\u003eGet Out Of Town: 11 Literary Getaways\u003c\/a\u003e (Kerry Clare, \u003cem\u003e49th Shelf,\u003c\/em\u003e 13\/08\/2018)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/49thshelf.com\/Blog\/2018\/06\/04\/All-Books-Are-Beach-Books-Get-Your-Summer-Reads-Locked-In\"\u003eAll Books Are Beach Books: Get Your Summer Reads Locked In\u003c\/a\u003e (Kerry Clare, \u003cem\u003e49th Shelf,\u003c\/em\u003e 04\/06\/2018)\u003cbr\u003e\"This ambitious novel is glorious, and such a triumph. If you want your faith in humankind (and also the possibilities of literature) to be rekindled, pick up this book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/49thshelf.com\/Blog\/2018\/01\/08\/Most-Anticipated-Our-2018-Spring-Fiction-Preview\"\u003eMost Anticipated: Our 2018 Spring Fiction Preview\u003c\/a\u003e (Kerry Clare, \u003cem\u003e49th Shelf, \u003c\/em\u003e08\/01\/2018)\u003cbr\u003e\"Award-winner Claire Tacon's second novel is the story of a father struggling to let his daughters grow up and of a family struggling against hard odds and taking care of each other when the world lets them down.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"excerpt\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2335\/9075\/files\/In_Search_of_the_Perfect_Singing_Flamingo_Excerpt.pdf?17439733314758667440\"\u003eRead an excerpt of \u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2335\/9075\/files\/In_Search_of_the_Perfect_Singing_Flamingo_Excerpt.pdf?17439733314758667440\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Search of the Perfect Singing Flamingo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"trailer\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eBook Trailer\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yz1MNAX-26o?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"about\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wolsakandwynn.ca\/authors-all\/claire-tacon\"\u003eClaire Tacon\u003c\/a\u003e's first novel, \u003cem\u003eIn the Field\u003c\/em\u003e, was the winner of the 2010 Metcalf-Rooke Award. Her fiction has been shortlisted for the Bronwen Wallace Award, the CBC Literary Prizes and the Playboy College Fiction Contest, and has appeared in journals and anthologies such as the \u003cem\u003eNew Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSubTerrain\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBest Canadian Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and is a past fiction editor of \u003cem\u003ePRISM international\u003c\/em\u003e. Claire is a lecturer at St. Jerome's University and runs the fiction podcast \u003cem\u003eThe Oddments Tray\u003c\/em\u003e with Chioke I'Anson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Claire Tacon","offers":[{"title":"Print","offer_id":6281181593628,"sku":"ISBN 978-1-928088-57-8","price":20.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"EPUB","offer_id":32899257434215,"sku":"9781928088868","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"MOBI","offer_id":32899257565287,"sku":"9781928088875","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2335\/9075\/products\/9781928088578.jpg?v=1562270626"},{"product_id":"with-my-back-to-the-world","title":"With My Back to the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an ambitious, yet intimate novel set in Taos, New Mexico, and Hamilton, Ontario, Sally Cooper explores unexpected motherhood, creativity, race, love and faith. \u003cem\u003eWith My Back to the World\u003c\/em\u003e tells the stories of three women: Rudie, who is editing a documentary in Hamilton in 2010; historical artist Agnes Martin, who decides in 1974 after seven years’ exile in New Mexico to begin painting again; and Ellen, a black woman burying her husband in 1870 on an Ontario homestead. 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