The Desire of Every Living Thing: A search for home
by Don Gillmor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/very good +
- ISBN 10
- 0679309772
- ISBN 13
- 9780679309772
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Random House Canada, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 277 p; HC, VG+ in VG+ DJ. PO's bookplate on inside fc, otherwise clean and unmarked. Gillmor's quest to uncover family secrets, beginning with his grandmother's revelation that her "twin sister" was really her aunt, and the whole family had emigrated from Scotland to escape the stigma of illegitimacy, from Winnipeg back to Scotland. Many family photos,
Synopsis
Don Gillmor is the author of four children's books, including The Fabulous Song (1995), which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award and won the Mr. Christie and Storytelling World awards. His journalism and criticism have appeared in Saturday Night, Rolling Stone, GQ and numerous other publications. He lives in Toronto with his wife and daughter.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reading Rat (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RRAB2123
- Title
- The Desire of Every Living Thing
- Author
- Don Gillmor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679309772
- ISBN 13
- 9780679309772
- Publisher
- Random House Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- family memoir Winnipeg history
- Bookseller catalogs
- Memoir/Biography;
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About the Seller
Reading Rat
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Reading Rat
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