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Lou is a lonely librarian who spends her days in the dusty archives of the Historical Institute. When an unusual field assignment comes her way, she jumps at the chance to travel to a remote island in northern Ontario, where she will spend the summer cataloguing a library that belonged to an eccentric 19th-century colonel. Eager to investigate the estate's curious history, she is shocked to discover that the island has one other inhabitant: a bear. Lou's imagination is soon overtaken by the island's past occupants, whose deep fascination with bears gradually becomes her own. Irresistably, Lou…

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Editions

17 editions · 5 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2003
    Bear (Nonpareil books)
    David R Godine · 144 pages · 9780879236670
  • Paperback · English · 1990
    McClelland & Stewart Ltd · 152 pages · 9780771099588
  • Paperback · English · 1982
    McClelland and Stewart · 144 pages · 9780771093227
  • Other · English · 2021
    Daunt Books · 9781911547945
  • Other · English · 2014
    McClelland & Stewart · 128 pages · 9780771030130
  • Other · English · 1988
    Pandora · 141 pages · 9780863583124
Fiction in EnglishFiction, generalWomen archivistsFictionBearsHuman-animal relationshipsAmerican literatureCanadian fiction