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ISBN
978-1-77171-303-0 Reparing the Hive (fiction) 25.95
published 2020 293 pages
Repairing
the Hive is the third and final book of The Empress Trilogy, a rich
and diverse family saga set in Victoria, BC from post-colonial to contemporary
times. In this final novel, a newspaper reporter witnesses the repair
of the human ‘hive’ after generations of personal, social
and cultural upheaval. |
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ISBN
978-1-77171-374-0 Tempo Rubato (fiction) 25.95
published 2015, reprinted 2020 284 pages
Based
on the musical term meaning stolen time,Tempo Rubato
is a concerto of passion that moves between past and present, Western
and Eastern culture, exploring the meaning of identity and love. Continuing
the saga of the Von Stronheim family of Victoria, BC, this second novel
of a trilogy by Linda Rogers, centres on Precious Von Stronheim, daughter
of the main character of the previous volume The Empress Letters. |
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ISBN
978-1-77171-372-6 The Empress Letters (fiction) 25.95
published 2014, reprinted 2020 288 pages
In the pristine gardens
of quiet Oak Bay, the von Stronheim family seems perfectly at home, until
young Poppy uncovers a mysterious subterranean world in which her mother
is involved. Now years later, aboard the ocean liner The Empress of Asia,
en route to China in search of her own daughter, Poppy begins a series
of letters, determined to reveal the family secrets that shrouded her
own life. |
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ISBN
978-1-897430-83-5 Homing: New & Selected Poems (poetry) 23.95
published 2012 132 pages
In Homing: New
& Selected Poems Linda Rogers returns again and again to the
unquiet ground of the theatre of life. A singular and uncompromising awareness
of suffering and joy, hope and despair, the arc of naked dreams and the
sense of community, informs her three decades of writing and numerous
published collections. |
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ISBN
978-1-897430-3-5 Muscle Memory (poetry) 19.95
published 2009 106 pages
In Muscle Memory
Linda Rogers dares to illuminate the heart with the light of eccentric
wisdom and compassionate grace, writing personal and social concerns in
playful and moving images. Combining a baroque sensibility with a flair
for surrealism, the poet affirmns the abundance of spirit that manifests
when the muscles of the heart and memory are flexed. |
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ISBN
1-896860-78-8 Say My Name: the memoirs of Charlie Louie (fiction)
18.95
published 2000 126 pages
Say
My Name recovers the lost voice of a young Cowichan man who took his
own life. In a sometimes disturbing story laced with humour, he speaks
of the terrible sadness but also the great tenacity of a
people too often invisible in an unsympathetic world. |
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