{"product_id":"twenty-one-cardinals-paperback","title":"Twenty-One Cardinals - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJocelyne Saucier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRhonda Mullins\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe're nothing like other families. We are self-made. We are an essence unto ourselves, unique and dissonant, the only members of our species. Livers of humdrum lives who flitted around us got their wings burned. We're not mean, but we can bare our teeth. People didn't hang around when a band of Cardinals made its presence known.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith twenty-one kids, the Cardinal family is a force of nature. And now, after not being in the same room for decades, they're congregating to celebrate their father, a prospector who discovered the zinc mine their now-deserted hometown in northern Quebec was built around. But as the siblings tell the tales of their feral childhood, we discover that Ang le, the only Cardinal with a penchant for happiness, has gone missing - although everyone has pretended not to notice for years. Why the silence? What secrets does the mine hold?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJocelyne Saucier\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New Brunswick and lives in Abitibi, Québec. Two of her previous novels, \u003ci\u003eLa vie comme une image\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eHouse of Sighs\u003c\/i\u003e) and \u003ci\u003eJeanne sur les routes\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJeanne's Road\u003c\/i\u003e) were finalists for the Governor General's Award. \u003ci\u003eIl pleuvait des oiseaux\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eAnd the Birds Rained Down\u003c\/i\u003e) garnered her the Prix des Cinq continents de la Francophonie, making her the first Canadian to win the award. The book was a CBC Canada Reads Selection in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRhonda Mullins\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and translator living in Montréal. \u003ci\u003eAnd the Birds Rained Down\u003c\/i\u003e, her translation of Jocelyne Saucier's \u003ci\u003eIl pleuvait des oiseaux\u003c\/i\u003e, was a CBC Canada Reads Selection. It was also shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award, as were her translations of Élise Turcotte's \u003ci\u003eGuyana\u003c\/i\u003e and Hervé Fischer's \u003ci\u003eThe Decline of the Hollywood Empire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Governor General's Literary Awards (2015)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771651227936,"sku":"9781552453070","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9a940f62e589cab783f69e86b6dfb774.webp?v=1780390318","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/twenty-one-cardinals-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}