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978-1-4602-4332-9 Hardcover
978-1-4602-4333-6 Paperback 978-1-4602-4334-3 eBook Categories: Fiction, Political Fiction, Contemporary Women Fiction, Historical |
"The trouble with adopted finding their birth parents, Maude told herself, …is that the abandoned baby has grown up. The past that might have your own no longer belongs to you. You have to rely on others to tell you what might have been. But if you couldn't bring it to the present, then what was the point of it? ..from Argonauta
Like the rare Mother Argonaut, which cradles her young but is not attached, Anna Tougas was destined to cast off her child and start a new life. That the purpose of that life was revolution was a mystery to Maude Digby until she determined to discover her family origins. Her reunion with Anna triggers their arrest under the War Measures Act and ignites a family firestorm of shock, bewilderment, and sense of betrayal. Though the plot centres on the dramatic and tragic events of the 1970 October Crisis in Québec, the novel spans several decades as Maude’s discovery takes the story back to 1950 and propels it forward to the 1995 Sovereignty Referendum, and later still into a new generation. Argonauta is the story of five people living in a tumultuous time, their choices, and the effect of those choices on those they love – within and without the family tree. Your reviews are greatly appreciated and can be submitted at the following locations:
"I loved reading Argonauta. It is richly lyrical and complexly plotted, and its historical grounding brought back to me those terrible events of the 1970s." Richard Cavell - author, editor and Professor of English at UBC. |
