Prior to this, wiersema lulls us into believing that what. Book rogues podcast on demand listen to free internet radio, sports, music, news, talk and podcasts. His 1961 cal 20, black feathers, is the smallest boat to ever complete the singlehanded transpac race. Like many marketready paperbacks, the book blends genre and embraces the ya zeitgeist. The book examines what it was like to grow up right after segregation had been outlawed, how all people are equal, and that hope is everywhere. He is the bestselling author of two novels, before i wake and bedtime story, and a nonfiction book about bruce springsteen, walk like a man. Praise for seven crow stories this evocative short story collection is wiersemas first.
Black feathers 2015 seven crow stories 2016 nonfiction. Black feathers vancouver island regional library overdrive. Black feathers by robert j wiersema fantastic fiction. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
Feathers grapples with concepts such as religion, race, hope, and understanding. Oct 31, 2015 canadas answer to stephen king robert j. Used availability for robert j wiersema s black feathers. His new book, black feathers, continues that tradition. A search query can be a title of the book, a name of the. On a book page, this tab will allow you to add a book to one of your lists.
This evocative short story collection is wiersemas first. Wiersema, including before i wake, and bedtime story, and more on. Wiersemas third novel, black feathers, is the kind of story that gets a grip on you from page one. Wiersema s third novel, black feathers, is the kind of story that gets a grip on you from page one. Roberts third novel, black feathers, will be published by harper collins canada in early 2015.
Sixteenyearold runaway cassie weathers is utterly alone, living on the streets of victoria as winter sets in. Are you perched on the edge of your seat waiting to listen to us talk about black feathers. Wiersema is the author, most recently, of black feathers. I am so glad that i stumbled upon the talented author robert wiersema. Price new from used from hardcover, deckle edge, international edition. Black feathers book halifax public libraries bibliocommons. He is the bestselling author of two novels and a nonfiction book about bruce springsteen. As cassie settles in to the community, the city is rocked by the news that a number of young pro. This is the official fan page of robert j wiersema. A gripping, genrebending novel from a master storyteller sixteenyearold runaway cassie weathers is utterly alone.
Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Before i wake, black feathers, book club, brandon sanderson, canadian literature, donald trump. By the same token robert could write a second book about black feathers that was a complete manual on how to outfit a small boat for offshore sailing. Robert, a retired dentist, from the san francisco bay area now lives with his wife, jeanne, in the mountains near yosemite. The thriller follows cassandra weathers, a savvy 16yearold who is forced to flee home.
Robert j wiersema a gripping, genrebending novel from a master storyteller. Going into black feathers, i was expecting to have a similar, moving experience. What the book a wrinkle in time means to me the star. Book rogues listen to podcasts on demand free tunein.
Robert wiersemas new novel, black feathers, will be published next year. Used availability for robert j wiersemas black feathers. She meets skylark, a girl who draws her into a community of street dwellers, a rag tag group led by the charismatic brother paul. Aug 22, 2014 robert wiersema s new novel, black feathers, will be published next year. Black feathers is a novel that could be categorized as horror, dark fantasy, or thriller, because it has elements of all three of those genres. Robert wiersema s new novel, black feathers, will be published next year.
Wiersema s new thriller black feathers, but such are its limitations. Black feathers hardcover deckle edge, international edition. Im thrilled to be doing this ama today, in part to mark the release of my first collection of short stories, seven crow stories, coming next month. Wiersema about his new book black feathers, why stories are like religion to him and why hes tattooed lines of literature on his body. I was excited to see the first notices of ellen datlows black feathersdark avian tales. Wiersema has a decided taste for the fantastical, as two of his earlier novels, bedtime story and the world more full of weeping, demonstrate. Wiersema host peter darbyshire talks to canadas answer to stephen king, robert j. Before i wake, black feathers, book club, brandon sanderson, canadian literature, donald trump, emily st. Stream live events, live playbyplay nfl, mlb, nba, nhl. Then she meets skylark, a young girl who introduces her to a community of streetdwellers and runaways.
I felt wiersema captured a frigid, canadian winter very well. Before i wake, bedtime story, and black feathers, as well as the mixtape memoir walk like a man. Sixteenyearold runaway cassie weathers is utterly alone, living on the streets as winter sets in. A mythic thriller that carries you in its grip right until its heartstopping conclusion. Grateful acts as an introduction to this anthology and presents the leitmotif that colors the seven remaining stories.
Wiersema is the author to one of my favorite books, a novella called the world more full of weeping. Its being published by those crazy kids at chizine publications, who have embraced. Robert wiersema on the one question he just cant answer. Robert wiersema is the author of five books, most recently the short story collection seven crow stories but he also worked in bookstores for over 20 years, coordinated author events for. Wiersemas black feathers is realism with an extra element canadian horror writing is at the top of the game, and robert wiersema gets in on the action with black feathers.
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