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Porcupines and China Dolls
A Novel
Book - 2002
Univ of Toronto Pr
Enough alcohol silences the demons for a night; a gun and a single bullet silences demons forever. When a friend commits suicide and a former priest appears on television, the community is shattered. James and Jake confront their childhood abuse and break the silence to begin a journey of healing and rediscovery.
Enough alcohol silences the demons for a night; a gun and a single bullet silences demons forever. When a friend commits suicide and a former priest appears on television, the community is shattered. James and Jake confront their childhood abuse and break the silence to begin a journey of healing and rediscovery.
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Publisher:
Toronto : Stoddart, 2002.
ISBN:
9780773733053
0773733051
9781894778688
9781894778725
0773733051
9781894778688
9781894778725
Branch Call Number:
ALE
Characteristics:
286 pages ;,24 cm
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