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Based in the fictional small town of Ruth, British Columbia, but spanning the globe from France to California, five liked stories perfectly capture the drama that lurks beneath the surface of everyday life. The people in this town are unforgettable, and the moral dilemmas and crises they face are rooted in behavior that is sometimes shocking, and sometimes shockingly familiar.
Here we meet two lifelong friends, Bet Harker and Nan Carmichael, whose lives are ripped apart by the discovery of incest in one of their families. We check into the ramshackle Road's End Resort and watch the transformation that Janette, a woman struggling to keep custody of her child, brings to the resort's young and aimless owner, Matthew Fauler. We follow Rozzy Wanaker, a troubled seventeen-year-old, as she makes her way from Santa Barbara to visit her Aunt Nan. These characters, and others, appear, reappear, and crisscross through the stories.
Some find their lives dusted with hope and redemption; others are not so easily saved.
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At first I hope for rescue: stories
1999, Picador USA
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- 1st Picador USA pbk. ed.
0312199678 9780312199678
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At first I hope for rescue
1998, Vintage Canada
in English
- 1st Vintage Canada ed.
0676971091 9780676971095
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At first I hope for rescue
1998, Picador USA
in English
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0312180438 9780312180430
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At first I hope for rescue
1997, Alfred A. Knopf Canada
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0676970575 9780676970579
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