Browse angie abdou s bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. She is also the author of the canterbury trail, a 2011 banff mountain book finalist. Beautifully written, her style is intricate, taut, clever, and hip. On the surface, her novel might be thought of a domestic drama, a novel of sexual frustration, marital disappointment, the stresses of childrearing and finding the right nanny, but such a reading would miss the. The canterbury trail by angie abdou overdrive rakuten. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Angie s books include the short story collection anything boys can do and two novels, the bone cage, a cbc canada reads 2011 finalist and 20112012 macewan book of the year, and her new, critically acclaimed, the canterbury trail. Contact angie angie abdou official website of the author. Abdou s debut work, anything boys can do 2006 is a collection of short fiction in which young, educated women who have grown up with feminisms first victories see womens movement remain emotionally stalled in old roles, accepting demeaning discourse used by men and refusing to challenge its controlling intent. It has a rhythmic, fluid quality, and the cultural cues are entertaining. Angie abdou has a phd from the university of calgary and is a professor of creative writing at athabasca university.
Home ice reminds us the best lessons we take from hockey have nothing to do with winning. Anything boys can do by angie abdou 2006, paperback for. Her first novel, the bone cage 2007 was a finalist on the 2011 canada reads competition, defended by georges laraque, as well as named the macewan book of the year in 2012. Buy anything boys can do by angie abdou from amazons fiction books store. Download of course they do boys and girls can do anything by author mariesabine roger published on march, 2014 and read of course they do boys and girls can do anything by author mariesabine roger published on march, 2014 online books in format pdf. Abdou s female characters unveil and, at times, unleash their savvy and wit on those too inept or indulgent to see it coming. Angie abdou is an associate professor, english and creative writing in the centre for humanities.
Angie abdou s short story debut is a sassy collection about lik. Anything boys can do short stories, 2006, thistledown press. Angie abdou, author of the bone cage, on librarything. Angie abdou is the awardwinning canadian author of anything boys can do 2006, the bone cage 2007, the canterbury trail 2011 and between 2014.
Angie abdou began writing fiction in 2000 and has since published five books. Home ice ecw press a canadian indie book publisher. The canterbury trail by angie abdou the bone cage anything boys can do. Abdou, angie member profile the writers union of canada. What lurks in the shadows of elite athletics is what makes abdous follow up to anything boys can do, a book of short stories, so compelling. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. Jocelyn thomas, fernie free press it sure beats chicklit.
Abdou is an enthusiastic instructor of creative writing who teaches courses and workshops at college of the rockies, sage hill teen writing experience, write in the kootenays and the fernie writers conference. She is an assistant professor of creative writing at athabasca university. Angie abdou books list of books by author angie abdou. She has published a short story collection called anything boys can do 2006 and a novel called the bone cage 2007. An interview with angie abdou, author of the bone cage. The women protagonists, though not always ideals that we would aspire to, are real, smart, and funny. Abdou s female characters unveil and, at times, unleash their savvy and wit on those too inept or indulgent to see it. She is one of those rare writers who can write well in multiple genres and styles, from memoir to. Anything boys can do is a collection of short stories that casts contemporary women in an honest light neither weaker than men nor on a pedestal above them.
Anything boys can do, book by angie abdou paperback. Angie abdou s short story debut is a sassy collection about likeable women running wild. Anything boys can do by angie abdou download pdfepub. Buy anything boys can do by angie abdou online at alibris.
Abdous novel explores the messy job of raising kids by ariel gordon. In an irreverent vivisection of cultural myths of gender such as women. The bone cage is taught in universitylevel sport literature courses across the continent and was included on canadian literatures alltime top ten list. Angie abdou is a canadian author of numerous books, essays, and short stories, including anything boys can do, the bone cage, canterbury trail, and. In an irreverent vivisection of cultural myths of gender such as women are born nurturers or men are. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Bookworld praised the collection as an extraordinary literary debut. Abdou is fluent, easy, and poetic in metaphor and simile.
Angie abdou anything boys can do official website of. The bone cage, a novel about olympic athletes, was the inaugural one book, one kootenay, as well as a 2011 canada reads finalist and the 2012 macewan book of the year. Bc bookworld called angie abdous short story collection, anything boys can do 2006. Angie lives in fernie, bc and teaches english at the college of the rockies in cranbrook. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the anything boys can do, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Novelist angie abdous latest book is about a canadian couple who hire a. Her first novel, the bone cage, was awarded the 2012 macewan book of the year. Bc bookworld called angie abdou s short story collection, anything boys can do 2006, an extraordinary literary debut and the victoria times colonist commended its original take. Angie abdou is currently considered a single author. Angie abdou angie abdou s short story debut is a sassy collection about likeable women running wild.
Abdous debut work, anything boys can do 2006 is a collection of short fiction in which young, educated women who have grown up with. Abdou avoids romanticizing heterosexual love and instead maintains a. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the anything boys can do by angie abdou, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country.
Abdou s first collection of fiction, anything boys can do, was published in 2006 by thistledown press. The bone cage s themes, though, are also relevant outside the world of athletics. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. This book is not a guilty pleasure, just a pleasure. The bone cage, a novel about olympic athletes, was t.
Pdf anything boys can do by angie abdou download pdf. In an irreverent vivisection of cultural myths of gender such as women are born nurturers or men. Angie abdou project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Anything boys can do by angie abdou anything boys can do is a collection of twelve short stories in which young women question traditional limitations, including monogamy. This book will now travel into the hands of a twitter pal and fellow abdou fan. Anything boys can do angie abdou buy this book from amazon. Angie abdou is a fiction writer and teacher with a ph. She didnt get nominated for the giller prize and she didnt get invited to the fancypants festivals the ones where publishers are often required to cough up dough in return for having their authors selected, but she did make an extraordinarily literary debut with her collection of stories, anything boys can do.
895 606 642 288 1376 156 1423 112 445 980 243 107 1417 462 416 1006 1242 1280 213 165 607 955 12 1010 1584 1001 1012 242 665 201 665 586 405 220