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Author: W. D. Valgardson
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Oct 1996
Children`s Books
by Jeffrey Canton
This is a poignant story of a world now lost, which draws on W. D. Valgardson's own family's history-the book is dedicated to his grandparents-as he evokes the world of Icelandic immigrants struggling to forge a life for themselves in Canada in the 1870s. Read more...
| Oct 1992
Man in a Mission
by Carole Giangrande
The novel tells the story of Bob, a lonely middle-aged academic and poet. He has become obsessed with the disappearance of the title character, Sharon, his favourite waitress in a local cafe. Read more...
| Feb 2000
Children’S Books
by Jeffrey Canton
WD Valgardson’s latest offering, The Divorced Kids Club, is a compelling collection of short stories for YA readers in the tradition of Tim Wynne-Jones’ Some of the Kinder Planets and Sarah Ellis’ Back of Beyond. Valgardson is still known best as the author of fiction for adults like The Girl with the Botticelli Face and Gentle Sinners. Read more...
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