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Jim
Christys colourful new novel is about a aging actress who finds
redemption and renewal through the friendship of a young man, fresh out
of university. Colin works in Valley View, a care home for the elderly.
It is there he meets the surprising Anna Dupree. In her seventies, she
has a wicked tongue, makes many references to sex and claims to have been
in the movies. As Colin gets to know her, he becomes intrigued by her
past and discovers there is truth in her stories. When Colin is instructed
to take a medical leave on account of stomach ulcers, Anna persuades him
to help her escape from the prison of the retirement home. They embark
on a road trip to Mexico, and while the elderly Anna comes back to life
Colin finds himself opening up in unexpected ways. On one drunken evening
after they arrive in Mexico, the feisty Anna seduces staid Colin and both
are surprised by the outcome.
Jim Christy is a writer,
artist and tireless traveller. The author of twenty books, including poetry,
short stories, novels, travel and biography, Christy has been praised
by writers as diverse as Charles Bukowski and Sparkle Hayter. His travels
have taken him from the Yukon to the Amazon, Greenland to Cambodia. He
has covered wars and exhibited his art internationally. Raised in inner-city
Philadelphia, he moved to Toronto when he was twenty-three years old and
became a Canadian citizen at the first opportunity. He currently makes
his home on BCs Sunshine Coast. |
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