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This strange eventful history : a novel / Claire Messud.
Inspired in part by long-ago stories from her own family's history, this masterful story follows the Cassars over seven decades, starting with patriarch Gaston and his wife Lucienne, whose myth of perfect love sustains them, and ending with Chloe, who believes telling her family's buried stories will bring them all peace.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393635041 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 428 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
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| Subject: | Families > Fiction. Pieds-Noirs > Algeria > History > Fiction. Pieds-Noirs > France > History > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Algeria > History > 20th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 7 of 12 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Castlegar Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 4 current holds with 12 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlegar Public Library | FIC MES (Text) | 35146002369965 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Creston Public Library | FIC MES (Text)
Acquisition Type: New |
35140100141418 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort St. James Public Library | MES (Text) | 35196000335120 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Gibsons Public Library | FIC MESS (Text) | 30886001132543 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-12-17 |
| Grand Forks | FIC MES (Text) | 35142002790896 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kimberley Public Library | F MES (Text) | 35137002012952 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-01-09 |
| Kitimat Public Library | Mes (Text) | 32665002362566 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Mackenzie Public Library | ON ORDER (Text) | BMK67702231293886 | On Order | Volume hold | On order | - |
| Prince Rupert Library | Mess (Text) | 33294002190080 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Sechelt Public Library | F MESS (Text) | 33260100164772 | Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-01-07 |
