This Book Will Not Save Your Life

by Michelle Berry

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list price: $29.95

edition:Hardcover

category: Fiction

published: 2010

ISBN:9781926531045

publisher: Great Plains Publications

imprint: Enfield &amp Wizenty

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Winner of the Colophon PrizeLonglisted for the ReLit award

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Michelle Berry was born in California, grew up in Victoria, and currently lives in Peterborough with her family. Her writing has appeared in literary magazines across Canada and she is the author of three books of short stories. This Book Will Not Save Your Life won the Enfield & Wizenty literary award. It is her fourth novel.

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“his is a story about magic “and about what happens to a family when magic goes missing, costumes no longer fit, and love disappears backstage. Michelle Berry is the best kind of magician, the kind who rather than save your life reminds you why life is worth living.??Jessica Grant, author of Come, Thou Tortoise?..a thoughtful study of a dysfunctional family in mid-1980s Toronto.?? Winnipeg Free Press?ichelle Berry is a talent.??The Globe and Mail

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About the Author

Michelle Berry

Michelle Berry's stories have appeared weidely in magazines and journals. Raised in Victoria, BC, she is a graduate of University of Toronto with a MA from the University of Guelph. She now lives in Toronto with her husband and daughter.

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