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Critical Injuries
Critical Injuries is Joan Barfoot’s compelling literary novel about two strangers whose lives intersect during a disastrous robbery. Isla, a middle-aged woman rebuilding her life, and Roddy, a troubled seventeen-year-old searching for escape, are forced to confront the lasting consequences of a single violent moment. The novel explores chance, remorse, anger, forgiveness and the difficult possibility of grace.
The novel was longlisted for the 2002 Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the 2001 Trillium Book Award. It was also selected by The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star as one of the year’s notable books.
This is the 2001 Key Porter Books Canadian first edition and first printing, issued as a paperback original. The number line ends in 1. The title page is signed by Joan Barfoot in blue ink and includes a brief handwritten inscription or salutation.
Softcover in Very Good condition, with light visible cover and edge wear. No dust jacket, as expected for this softcover edition. Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description and show the actual copy offered.
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Critical Injuries is Joan Barfoot’s compelling literary novel about two strangers whose lives intersect during a disastrous robbery. Isla, a middle-aged woman rebuilding her life, and Roddy, a troubled seventeen-year-old searching for escape, are forced to confront the lasting consequences of a single violent moment. The novel explores chance, remorse, anger, forgiveness and the difficult possibility of grace.
The novel was longlisted for the 2002 Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the 2001 Trillium Book Award. It was also selected by The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star as one of the year’s notable books.
This is the 2001 Key Porter Books Canadian first edition and first printing, issued as a paperback original. The number line ends in 1. The title page is signed by Joan Barfoot in blue ink and includes a brief handwritten inscription or salutation.
Softcover in Very Good condition, with light visible cover and edge wear. No dust jacket, as expected for this softcover edition. Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description and show the actual copy offered.
