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If Sylvie had nine lives : a novel in stories / Leona Theis.
Van Pelt Library PR9199.3.T4444 I32 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Theis, Leona, 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decision making--Fiction.
- Decision making.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 300 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- If Sylvie had 9 lives
- Place of Publication:
- Calgary, Alberta : Freehand Books, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Meet Sylvie -- funny, sly, sensual and flawed. She can't always count on herself to make good choices. She may or may not recognize a life-or-death moment, may or may not cancel her own wedding with a day to spare, might just try to walk past store security with a little something in her pocket. Like all of us, Sylvie must make decisions that have reverberations for years to come. Unlike the rest of us, Sylvie gets to live more than one life. In airy prose imbued with humour, this book asks the big questions: is there a right path and a wrong path, or does each possibility hold its share of pleasure and pain? Does a person have an immutable self, or is her essence dependent on circumstance? In this energetic and innovative book, Leona Theis creates a world without the usual limits and a protagonist who is conflicted, charismatic, brave, and full of curiosity. If Sylvie had Nine Lives is for everyone who has ever asked, What if . . . ?"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: June 1974
- High Beams
- July-August 1974
- How Sylvie Failed to Become a Better Person through Yoga
- 1979
- The Last Days of Disco
- Three Mothers
- 1984
- Naked Bodega
- 1989
- Our Lady of Starting Over
- 1994
- Honestly
- May Zeus Strike You with a Lightning Bolt
- 1999
- What Erik Saw
- Game Face
- 2004
- Nekyia
- Things He Will Not Tell Her Daughter
- 2009
- Philosophies
- 2014.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Judith Greenblatt Endowment Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Theis, Leona, 1955- If Sylvie had nine lives.
- ISBN:
- 9781988298719
- 1988298717
- OCLC:
- 1147298344
- Publisher Number:
- 99988357393
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