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Road endsMary Lawson

Road ends

2014341 pages
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"From "a talented writer whose lyrical, evocative writing invites comparisons to Rick Bass and Richard Ford" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) comes a deftly woven novel that examines the layered makeup of a family: the affections and resentments, obligations and sacrifices"-- "Set in a backwoods village in northern Canada, this is the story of a young woman who leaves her dysfunctional, male-dominated family to make a new life in London. With her dreamy mother abed upstairs, and her father passive in a house full of rambunctious, out of control male children from the age of 4-14, Megan has…

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8 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2014
    Vintage Canada · 336 pages · 9780345808097
  • Paperback · English
    Chatto & Windus · 9780701188535
  • Other · English · 2015
    Vintage Books · 9780099587293
  • Other · English · 2014
    Penguin Random House · 311 pages · 9780701188528
  • Other · English · 2014
    The Dial Press · 341 pages · 9780812995732
  • Other · English · 2014
    Random House Publishing Group · 9781306953252
Family crisesFictionFiction, family lifeFICTION / LiteraryFICTION / SagasFICTION / GeneralNew York Times reviewed