Contents ( 42)
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- September
- The Notice
- Flock
- Carry Tiger
- An Act of Love
- Facing Up
- Talking Heads
- Rigmarole
- Memory Vault
- Irresolutus
- Escape
- October
- Stories, First-Hand
- A Normal Life
- Backroom at Cassie’s
- Wall at Your Back
- November
- Remember, Remember
- A Small Party
- Ways of Listening
- Keeping Vigil
- Changes
- The Floodgates
- December
- A Foot Steps
- Desperate Measures
- On His Watch
- Being Present
- Ways of Seeing
- Seeking Balance
- The Company
- Solidarity
- May
- The Wedding
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Also by Frances Itani
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
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Also by Frances Itani
Fiction
That’s My Baby
Tell
Listen!
Requiem
Missing
Remembering the Bones
Poached Egg on Toast
Deafening
Leaning, Leaning Over Water
Man Without Face
Pack Ice
Truth or Lies
Poetry
A Season of Mourning
Rentee Bay
No Other Lodgings
Children’s Books
Best Friend Trouble
Linger by the Sea
Copyright
The Company We Keep
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EPub Edition AUGUST 2020 EPub ISBN: 978-1-4434-5754-5
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Print ISBN: 978-1-4434-6264-8
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Title: The company we keep : a novel / Frances Itani.
Names: Itani, Frances, 1942- author.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 2020022882X | Canadiana (ebook) 20200228854 | ISBN 9781443457538 (softcover) | ISBN 9781443462648 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781443457545 (ebook)
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