Summary
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize - this is a moving novel about a young hermaphrodite growing up in the 1960s.
In 1968, in a remote part of Canada, a mysterious child is born—a baby who appears to be neither fully boy nor girl, but both at once. Only three people share the secret: the baby’s parents and a trusted neighbour. Together the adults make a difficult decision: to go through surgery and raise the child as a boy named Wayne.
But as Wayne grows up within the hyper-male …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099555025 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099555026 |
| Author: | Kathleen Winter |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2012 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
An uplifting exploration of love, parenthood, and all that we become
An uplifting exploration of love, parenthood, and all that we become * Daily Mail *
Remarkable… at once deeply moving and a powerful rallying cry * The Times *
[A] powerful and important debut…about friendship, parental love and its limitations * Irish Times *
This haunting, powerful story is about much more than the problems of being a hermaphrodite…This is a remarkable first novel, an accomplished debut by an exciting new voice with a confident, mature style * Daily Express *
Kathleen Winter has the steadfast clarity and quietly assured talent to make this difficult subject her own…Winter has a strikingly mellifluous voice, and she has created a potent story exploring gender categorization and humanity * Independent *
As an examination of a relationship between a child and his parents, this is a moving tale, told with precision and care. As a debut, it is almost faultless * Glasgow Herald *
Winter clearly loves all her characters, even the hopelessly misguided men, and she lavishes compassion and metaphor on them. * Scotsman *
It’s loneliness, not gender, that lies at the heart of Winter’s novel - a confident, serious debut * Guardian *
This is an astute examination of ordinary people confronting extraordinary dilemmas * Mail on Sunday *
It is the powerful sense of place that is the most successful element – Roz Kaveney * Times Literary Supplement *
About The Author
Kathleen Winter
Kathleen Winter is the author of the international bestseller, Annabel, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, the Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Boundless has already been shortlisted for the prestigious Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize. A long-time resident of St John’s, Newfoundland, she now lives in Montreal.
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