{"product_id":"the-exact-likeness-of-living-persons-paperback","title":"The Exact Likeness of Living Persons - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargaret J. McMaster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWry observations on friendship, the fragility of love and survival, and the unfathomable scope of human behaviour in a collection of poems, short stories, a play, and a song. Included in the ensemble is the tale of a WW2 bomber crew's daring escape; a complicated romance in a retirement residence; and, the youthful lament of a tangled friendship. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Exact Likeness of Living Persons\u003c\/strong\u003e swings from the laughable and ironic, to the deadly serious, much like life itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMargaret J. 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Series\u003c\/strong\u003e, published in 2015, was long-listed for the 2016 Silver Birch Award, was a \u003cem\u003eBest Books for Kids \u0026amp; Teens \u003c\/em\u003eselection, and won the GOLD MEDAL in the \u003cem\u003e2015 Moonbeam Children's Book Award, Early Reader\/1\u003c\/em\u003e\u003csup\u003e\u003cem\u003est\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cem\u003e Chapter Books \u003c\/em\u003ecategory. McMaster is a past contributor to the \u003cem\u003eCanadian Children's Annual \u003c\/em\u003eand her creative non-fiction piece, \u003cem\u003eAfter All These Years, \u003c\/em\u003ewas shortlisted for the 2006 CBC Literary Award. \u003cstrong\u003eSo Much Potential\u003c\/strong\u003e, a novel set in the Lake Erie fishing industry, was published in 2013. 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