{"product_id":"9781035418732","title":"Snow Road Station","description":"Author: Elizabeth Hay\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035418732\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Welbeck Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 Nov 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New Yorker best book of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Joyous and lyrical, \u003ci\u003eSnow Road Station\u003c\/i\u003e is an ode to the North, in fact an ode to life itself, and all its possibilities' Mary Lawson, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Town Called Solace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Like Elizabeth Strout with Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton, Hay has created a fictional world to which she returns, to great effect'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Canada\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An exquisitely etched coming-of-middle-age story' \u003c\/b\u003eAnn-Marie Macdonald, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFayne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e________________________________________________________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA pitch-perfect story of love and female friendship from the Giller prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLate Nights on Air\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the winter of 2008, as snow falls without interruption, an actor in a Beckett play blanks on her lines. Fleeing the theatre, she beats a retreat to Snow Road Station - a barely discernible dot on the map of Ontario.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLulu Blake, sexy and seemingly unfooled, is now in her sixties. Out of work, humiliated, she enters the last act of her life wondering what she can make of her diminished self. She believes she is through with theatre and drama - but drama is not through with her.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the centre of the novel is the relationship between Lulu and her lifelong friend Nan. As the two women contemplate growing older, they surrender certain hard-held dreams and confront the limits of the choices they have made.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e________________________________________________________________\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat readers LOVE about SNOW ROAD STATION...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eBeautifully\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewritten\u003c\/b\u003e' \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA very human story\u003c\/b\u003e that tells us you don't have to be perfect and it's okay to fail' \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003ci\u003eSnow Road Station\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ean utter delight!\u003c\/b\u003e A breathtaking setting, \u003cb\u003eunforgettable characters\u003c\/b\u003e, and a \u003cb\u003ecompelling\u003c\/b\u003e plot pushing the reader forward with her \u003cb\u003elovely prose\u003c\/b\u003e' \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Elizabeth Hay writes \u003cb\u003eevocative books\u003c\/b\u003e that delve deep into the human character, and \u003ci\u003eSnow Road Station\u003c\/i\u003e is no exception' \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eBeautifully\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewritten\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003einteresting characters, strong themes\u003c\/b\u003e. Drenched in Canadiana from the hard work of making maple syrup to snowy landscapes ... Elizabeth Hay reminds me to look, to see, to marvel at beauty that surrounds me' \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088; \u0026amp;#11088;","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46454583984286,"sku":"ADS-9781035418732","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781035418732.jpg?v=1769668177","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781035418732","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}