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A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A suspenseful and poignant tale from an award-winning writer about a girl navigating chaotic family life in a close-knit small town.
On a June afternoon in a small city, a wild-eyed girl named Francie dashes down a neighbourhood street, clutching a gun. She doesnt know exactly what shes running from, and she doesnt know what shes heading towards. All she understands is the need to survive. To save herself, she has no choice but to runand to save those she loves, she must hold tight to that gun.
Swirling around Francie is a chorus of friends, family, and neighbours, each person with a different view of her. As we hear from these voicesFrancies steadfast best friend, Alice; Alices comically unaware mother, Sally, and struggling mathematician father, David; Francies distressed and distracted mother, Marietta, and troubled, unwell father, Lucea fractured portrait emerges of the girl and the village surrounding her. And at last we arrive at a still point in the chaos: a tall tree where Francie takes shelter, and where the meaning of her flightfor herself, and for the people around herbecomes clear.
In Francies Got a Gun, award-winning writer Carrie Snyder assembles a chorus of unforgettable characters who are both well-intentioned and flawed. At their centre is Francie, a vulnerable, imaginative girl with surprising attachments to each of them. Here is a propulsive, polyphonic, heart-expanding novelequal parts sorrow and humour, fear and love, anger and kindnessabout social breakdown and the quest for connection in a close-knit community.
Author: Carrie Snyder
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books Canada
Published: 07/04/2023
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780735281936
Language: English
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