- Paperback: 260 pages
- Publisher: Killick Press (Aug 25 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1897174314
- ISBN-13: 978-1897174319
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.2 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 567 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #605,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
Blasted is a story of Ruby Jones, an irreverent, exuberant, and troubled woman who lurches between love affairs and cities. The narrative shifts between generations and geographies, between contemporary life and stories as old as the hill that looms over Ruby’s birthplace. All the while, she is haunted by mysteries that surround her father and the generations before him. When Ruby unravels at last, she must face the demons that pursue her. Steeped in Newfoundland folklore, Blasted mines a rich vein of experience, layering the mundane and the magical, and evoking the forces that inhabit the land.
About the Author
Writer, performer, and choreographer Kate Story was born and raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in a house built by her great-great grandfather beneath the Southside Hills. Her short fiction has been published in magazines including Broken Pencil and Kiss Machine, and her written performance works have been produced as plays, performance art works, and theatre-dance productions in Ontario (Toronto, Peterborough) and Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John’s). She has been twice nominated (2004 and 2006) for the Ontario Arts Council’s K.M. Hunter Artist Award. Blasted is her first novel.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pure magic!,
By Alex Hickey "www.alexsings.ca" (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blasted (Paperback)
I love this book! The main character, Ruby Jones, is funny, tough and vulnerable. Most of the time she seems to be reeling out of control, struggling to make sense of her own choices and to figure out how family, roots, sense of place and a legacy of loss have shaped her life. But, Ruby is no passive observer. She boldly, and sometimes recklessly, launches herself forward into her life, with results that are hilarious or gut-wrenching (and often both at the same time). Set in Newfoundland and Toronto, Blasted feels real and immediate, with lots of quick, rhythmic dialogue that brings the reader through the intricate story - delicately, delightfully. It may be cliché, but I really did laugh and cry and felt my heart open up through the reading of this book. And did I mention that it has fairies? Not to be missed!
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