Falling Angels

Barbara Gowdy
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A comedy of suburban family life in the swinging 60s. The author creates a world that is both bizarre and familiar and in which three sisters, fuelled by terror and love, harbour a dark secret of a missing fourth child, and grapple with their traumatic and hilarious family skeletons.
Genres: FictionCanadaContemporaryLiterary FictionLiteratureNovelsCanadian LiteratureFamilyLoveGrief
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