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Study for obedience / Sarah Bernstein.
A young woman moves from the place of her birth to the remote northern country of her forebears to be housekeeper to her brother, whose wife has recently left him. Soon after her arrival, a series of inexplicable events occurs - collective bovine hysteria; the demise of a ewe and her nearly born lamb; a local dog's phantom pregnancy; a potato blight. She notices that the local suspicion about incomers in general seems to be directed with some intensity at her and she senses a mounting threat that lies 'just beyond the garden gate.' And as she feels the hostility growing, pressing at the edges of her brother's property, she fears that, should the rumblings in the town gather themselves into a more defined shape, who knows what might happen, what one might be capable of doing.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781039009080 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 192 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition: Vintage Canada edition.
- Publisher: Toronto : Vintage Canada, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Awards Note: | Shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize. Longlisted for the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize. |
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| Genre: | Psychological fiction. |
| Topic Heading: | Booker Prize 2023 shortlist Scotiabank Giller Prize 2023 Winner |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kitimat Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 3 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitimat Public Library | Ber (Text) | 32665002376228 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
