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The company we keep : a novel / Frances Itani.

Summary:

"Hazzley is at loose ends, even three years after the death of her husband. When her longtime friend Cassandra, café owner and occasional dance-class partner, suggests that she start up a conversation group, Hazzley posts a notice on the community board at the local grocery store. Four people turn up for the first meeting: Gwen, a recently widowed retiree in her early sixties, who finds herself pet-sitting a cantankerous parrot; Chiyo, a forty-year-old fitness instructor who cared for her unyielding but gossip-loving mother through the final days of her life; Addie, a woman pre-emptively grieving a close friend who is seriously ill; and Tom, an antiques dealer and amateur poet who, deprived of home baking since becoming a widower, comes to the first meeting hoping cake will be served. Before long, they are joined by Allam, a Syrian refugee with his own story to tell. These six strangers are learning that beginnings can be possible at any stage of life. But as they tell their stories, they must navigate what is shared and what is withheld. Which version of the truth will be revealed? Who is prepared to step up when help is needed? This moving, funny and deeply empathic new novel from acclaimed author Frances Itani reminds us that life, with all its twists and turns, never loses its capacity to surprise." --Amazon.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781443462648
  • ISBN: 9781443457538
  • Physical Description: 330 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2020.
Subject: Friendship > Fiction.
Strangers > Fiction.
Canadian fiction.

Available copies

  • 13 of 14 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Terrace Public Library ITA (Text) 35151001107275 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
100 Mile House Branch ITA (Text) 33923006264505 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Castlegar Public Library FIC ITA (Text) 35146002190775 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Chetwynd Public Library FIC ITA (Text) 35222001048379 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Creston Public Library FIC ITA (Text)
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35140100070591 Fiction Volume hold Checked out 2024-05-16
Fernie Heritage Library FIC ITA (Text) 35136000594177 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fort Nelson Public Library ITA (Text) 35246001017811 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Gibsons Public Library FIC ITAN (Text) 30886001079371 Adult Fiction Hardcover Volume hold Available -
Invermere Public Library FIC ITA (Text) IPL057522 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Nelson Public Library F ITA (Text) 3514830033800 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -


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