Joan Barfoot
Autore di Luck
Sull'Autore
Joan Barfoot was born on May 17, 1946, in Ontario, Canada. After graduating from the University of Western Ontario in 1969, she worked as a reporter for several newspapers. She first garnered attention in 1978 with Abra, a book about a woman who leaves her life behind to search for her true self. mostra altro Barfoot received the Books in Canada First Novel Award for this title. Barfoot has continued publishing fiction, largely about the emotions, needs, and rediscovery of the self for women. Other titles include Dancing in the Dark, Plain Jane, and Duet for Three. She has also been the recipient of the Women of Distinction London Award YM-YMCA for 1985 and the Marian Engel Award in 1992. Barfoot makes her home in London, Ontario. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di Joan Barfoot
Critical injuries 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1946-05-17
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Canada
- Luogo di residenza
- Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
London, Ontario, Canada - Istruzione
- University of Western Ontario (B.A. English 1969)
- Attività lavorative
- journalist
editor - Organizzazioni
- Writers' Union of Canada
PEN - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Books in Canada First Novel Award (1978 ∙ Abra)
Marian Engel Award (1992)
London YM-YWCA Women of Distinction Award (1986)
Huron University College Medal of Distinction (2005) - Breve biografia
- Joan Barfoot is an award-winning novelist whose work has been compared internationally with that of Anne Tyler, Carol Shields, Margaret Drabble and Margaret Atwood. Her novels include Luck in 2005, nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, as well as Abra, which won the Books in Canada first novels award, Dancing in the Dark, which became an award-winning Canadian entry in the Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals, Duet for Three, Family News, Plain Jane, Charlotte and Claudia Keeping in Touch, Some Things About Flying, and Getting Over Edgar. Her 2001 novel, Critical Injuries, was longlisted for the 2002 Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the 2001 Trillium Book Award. In 1992 she was given the Marian Engel Award. Also a journalist during much of her career, she lives in London, Ontario, Canada.
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Family News di Joan Barfoot
3.5 stars
Not as enjoyable as Exit Lines, but enough that I'll look for another of her books ... I wonder if she always writes about death?
typical 70s freedom book for women, as a teen reader I was fascinated by a woman who leaves it all and fixes up an old shed, maing a new living for herself. Years later, reading the book in English (Abra), I find it strange and egoistical that Abra left not only her husband but her teenage daiughter.....
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 12
- Utenti
- 726
- Popolarità
- #34,983
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 36
- ISBN
- 82
- Lingue
- 5
- Preferito da
- 5