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Fire monster [graphic novel] / Pauline Conley, Anita Lahey.
Set in a fictional version of the real Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia, where a 1976 wildfire caused catastrophic devastation, 'The Fire Monster', tells the tale of a skilled oil sands worker who returns to the Cape Breton fishing village where, as a child, he was blamed for causing the fire that tore through the local community, consuming bush, trees, houses, boats, cars, animals and the century-old gothic church.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781990293375 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 243 pages : chiefly colour illustrations, music ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Windsor, ON : Palimpsest Press, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Conle | 31681010351153 | ADULT GN | Available | - |
Anita Laheyâs latest book, The Last Goldfish: a True Tale of Friendship, was a finalist for the Ottawa Book Award. Series editor for the Best Canadian Poetry anthology, sheâs the author of two poetry collections (Spinning Side Kick and Out to Dry in Cape Breton, as well as The Mystery Shopping Cart: Essays on Poetry and Culture. Anita lives with her family in Ottawa, on unceded Alongonquin, Anishinabek territory.
Pauline Conley recently forayed from an established career as a painter and explainer to âdo comics.â The Fire Monster is her first graphic novel.
