Name: The Darren Effect
Brand: Goose Lane Editions
SKU: 9780864925060
Price: 15.99 GBP
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The Darren Effect

By (author): Libby Creelman

Published by Goose Lane Editions

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ISBN10: 0864925069
ISBN13: 9780864925060
Format: Paperback
Pages: 258
Dimensions: 215x140mm
Weight: 0.342 kg
Published Date: 07-Mar-2008

Subjects
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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An affair. A marriage. Accidental encounters. A secret spying mission masquerading as research for a short story on desire. This is the rich ground from which The Darren Effect springs, carrying us through the complexities, tragedies, and unanticipated triumphs of love and loss. This is a miraculous novel, in which the characters coalesce and crisscross in awkward, surprising, and hilarious ways. Damaged by grief and circumstance, Heather, Isabella, Darren, and Benny offer each other heartbreak, love, and redemption at a time when all previous points of reference have vanished.

Libby Creelman, originally from Massachusetts, now lives in St. John's, Newfoundland. She is the author of Walking in Paradise, a short-story collection (Porcupine's Quill, 2000), which was shortlisted for the first annual Winterset Award for excellence in Newfoundland writing. Her short stories have been published in literary magazines across the country and have been selected for 99: Best Canadian Stories and two editions of The Journey Prize Anthology. Creelman is former executive director of the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador and now works with the culture division of the Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation.