Jan Andrews (CA)
To See the Stars (ebook)
To See the Stars (ebook)
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In her deeply affecting final novel, acclaimed children's writer and storyteller Jan Andrews gives us Edie Murphy, an indomitable and engaging heroine on the cusp of womanhood. The novel moves from Edie's remote Newfoundland outport to St. John's, and finally to New York City's Lower East Side. Against the backdrop of the history-making "Uprising" of 1909, when 20,000 garment workers went on strike for better working conditions, and the devastating Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (1911), Edie begins to find her own voice, hone her already-strong will, and learn about the true nature of home. A celebration of the strength of women and the power of community.Â
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ISBN
9781927917732
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Publisher
Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides
Bio
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Born in England in 1942, Jan Andrews was the author of numerous books, including The Auction; Very Last First Time; Keri, which was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award; and When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew, which won the Silver Birch Express Award. Jan was the first president of Storytellers of Canada-Conteurs du Canada (SC-CC), founded the organization’s StorySave project and received its Story Keeper Award. An acclaimed storyteller and author, in 2016 she was appointed to the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture as a children’s writer and a pioneer of Canada’s storytelling movement. She died in 2017.
