The back of the turtle : a novel
Gabriel returns to Smoke River, the reserve where his mother grew up and to which she returned with Gabriel's sister. The reserve is deserted after an environmental disaster killed the population, including Gabriel's family and the local wildlife. Gabriel, a brilliant scientist, created GreenSweep and indirectly led to the crisis. Now he has come to see the damage and to kill himself in the sea. But as he prepares to let the water take him, he sees a young girl in the waves. Who are these people with their long black hair and almond eyes who have fallen from the sky?
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Physical Description
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518 pages ; 24 cm - Edition Harper Perennial trade paperback edition.
- Publisher Toronto, Ontario : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2017.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | NFPL Indigenous Collection. |
| Awards Note: | Governor General's Award, 2014. |
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