Author

Publication

2007-04-18 - University of Nebraska Press

Language

English

Word Count

71,500 words, Guess

Page Count

286 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2006032399
  • Goodreads753455
  • LibraryThing2460795

Classifications

  • LCCPS3569.T33938B43

Description

Kate Riley is not the sort of heroine we meet in most American novels. Self-centered, shape-shifting, driven from one man to another and one city to the next, she is all too real--but not at all the loyal and steady homebody of idealized womanhood. When we first encounter her, Kate (or Katherine, or Kate of the Prairie, or Katrina) is about to undergo exploratory brain surgery for a condition she herself has fabricated. Sobered by the gravity of the procedure, she commences a journey of memory that takes us back to the Saskatchewan village where she grew up and to the singular event that altered her forever and irrevocably set the course of her life.

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Other Editions

  • Because a Fire Was in My HeadHardcoverUniversity of Nebraska Press2007-04-18

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