Sceptre cover for Advanced Reader’s Copy of Adult Onset
Ann-Marie MacDonald‘s latest novel, Adult Onset, published in September 2014 in Canada, was launched this week in the UK by her publisher here, Sceptre, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton. She came to London to promote the book, and yes, talked with Canadian Writers Abroad – the interview will be published next week. Meanwhile, here is a quotation from Adult Onset (Advanced Reader’s Copy p. 3.) to whet your appetite:
Sceptre cover
“Mary Rose MacKinnon is unused to continuity. She grew up in a family that moved every few years until she was a teenager, and each time it was as if everything and everyone vanished behind them. Or entered a different realm, a mythic one wherein time stopped, the children she had known never grew older and, as in a cartoon, people and places retained the same clothes and aspect day after day, regardless of weather, explosions or being shot by Elmer Fudd. She would not change a thing, however, each move having brought with it a sense of renewal; as though she had outrun a shameful past—starting at age three.”
-Ann-Marie MacDonald, Adult Onset
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One response to “Adult Onset”
eleanorcrowder
Gorgeous read. It felt like being inside out, the voice was so exactly up close. I demolished it and promptly handed it to a friend who had an Ottawa PEI train journey. The closest I’ve ever read to the ennui and angst of raising small children.
Eleanor
One response to “Adult Onset”
Gorgeous read. It felt like being inside out, the voice was so exactly up close. I demolished it and promptly handed it to a friend who had an Ottawa PEI train journey. The closest I’ve ever read to the ennui and angst of raising small children.
Eleanor