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Showing posts with label Last Night in Montreal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Last Night in Montreal. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

ARC Arrival: Last Night in Montreal


Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel

Publisher: Unbridled Books

A big thanks to Caitlin and Unbridled Books for this one. It is scheduled for a blog tour in June.

About the book: Lilia Albert has been leaving people behind for her entire life. She spends her childhood and adolescence traveling constantly and changing identities. In adulthood, she finds it impossible to stop. Haunted by an inability to remember her early childhood, she moves restlessly from city to city, abandoning lovers along with way, possibly still followed by a private detective who has pursued her for years. Then her latest lover follows her from New York to Montreal, determined to learn her secrets and make sure she’s safe. Last Night in Montreal is a story of love, amnesia, compulsive travel, the depths and the limits of family bonds, and the nature of obsession. In this extraordinary debut, Emily St. John Mandel casts a powerful spell that captures the reader in a gritty, youthful world—charged with an atmosphere of mystery, promise and foreboding—where small revelations continuously change our understanding of the truth and lead to desperate consequences. Mandel’s characters will resonate with you long after the final page is turned.(from publisher's website)

About the author: Emily St. John Mandel was born on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada, in 1979. She studied dance at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre and lived briefly in Montreal before relocating to New York. She lives in Brooklyn.

Last Night in Montreal
Publication Date: June 2, 2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-932961-68-3
256 pages

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Waiting on Wednesday: Last Night in Montreal

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:



Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel
Publisher: Unbridled Books
Available: June 2, 2009
Lilia Albert has been leaving people behind for her entire life. She spends her childhood and adolescence traveling constantly and changing identities. In adulthood, she finds it impossible to stop. Haunted by an inability to remember her early childhood, she moves restlessly from city to city, abandoning lovers along with way, possibly still followed by a private detective who has pursued her for years. Then her latest lover follows her from New York to Montreal, determined to learn her secrets and make sure she’s safe. Last Night in Montreal is a story of love, amnesia, compulsive travel, the depths and the limits of family bonds, and the nature of obsession. In this extraordinary debut, Emily St. John Mandel casts a powerful spell that captures the reader in a gritty, youthful world—charged with an atmosphere of mystery, promise and foreboding—where small revelations continuously change our understanding of the truth and lead to desperate consequences. Mandel’s characters will resonate with you long after the final page is turned.
What are you waiting for? Waiting on Wednesdays is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

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