Cardinal Divide
by Nina Newington
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Pub Date Sep 01 2020 | Archive Date Feb 08 2021
Guernica Editions Inc | Guernica Editions
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Description
A father comes out to his daughter as a woman. Or at least, he was once a woman. It's complicated. Funny. Painful. Eventually joyful. Meanwhile the daughter, who was adopted, has her own identity issues. At the Aboriginal addictions treatment centre where she works, everyone assumes she is Indigenous. But is she? How can she find out? Cardinal Divide explores the hunger for certainty and the mutability of identity, whether of gender, race or sexuality. Authenticity isn't simple. Acting as somebody else is simultaneously a way to deceive and to explore the world. Characters who pass as male, as white, as straight, straddle the cardinal divides. And then, sometimes, passing is becoming.
A Note From the Publisher
Longlisted for the 2019 Guernica Literary Prize for best unpublished manuscript
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781771834421 |
| PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 400 |
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Featured Reviews
Steve H, Reviewer
Life outside big cities might seem uneventful or insignificant. Not true. Not true. This book is Canadian grit lit. We get to discover who the characters are and who they really are in a book that considers trust, love, friendship, and a heap of mystery. Thanks to NetGalley.com for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. This is a great book that will appeal to many people. It does a great job of deepening our understanding of what we think we know about diversity and related perceptions. Check this out!
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