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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 13 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Mackenzie Public Library. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 1 current hold with 13 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackenzie Public Library | MES (Text) | 35192000531669 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| 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 | In transit | - |
| Kimberley Public Library | F MES (Text) | 35137002012952 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-02-04 |
| Kitimat Public Library | Mes (Text) | 32665002362566 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Nelson Public Library | ACQ1059500 (Text) | ACQ1059500 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | On order | - |
| Prince Rupert Library | Mess (Text) | 33294002190080 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Terrace Public Library | MES (Text) | 35151001186626 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-02-20 |
| Tumbler Ridge Public Library | AF MESSU (Text) | TRL37763 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
