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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Spalding, Linda.     Subjects     Widowers -- Fiction.     Quakers -- Fiction.     Slaveholders -- Fiction.     Slavery -- Fiction.     Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.     Life change events -- Fiction.     Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction.     Governor General's Award.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Spalding, Linda.       by title:      The purchase (book c...       by call number:      BOOK CLUB KIT SPA     Search the Web     Spalding, Linda.     Widowers -- Fiction.     Quakers -- Fiction.     Slaveholders -- Fiction.     Slavery -- Fiction.     Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.     Life change events -- Fiction.     Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction.     Governor General's Award.       MARC Display

The purchase (book club kit - fiction) / Linda Spalding. by Spalding, Linda. McLelland & Stewart, 2012. Call #: BOOK CLUB KIT SPA Subjects Widowers -- Fiction.   Quakers -- Fiction.   Slaveholders -- Fiction.   Slavery -- Fiction.   Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.   Life change events -- Fiction.   Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction.   Governor General's Award. URL856 Click here to learn more about borrowing Book Club Kits URL856 Would you like to see what other titles we have available in Book Club Kits? Click here! URL856 Holds must be placed via our Request Form URL856 Information kit for The Purchase ISBN:  9780771079351 Alternate title:  Book club kit : The purchase Bookclub kit : The purchase Description:  9 books, 352 p. ; 22 cm. Notes:  Holds can be placed via the Contact Us page on our website. Please include your library card number, the date you would like to pick up the kit, the branch location, and list several titles for each date, in case your first pick is not available. Ideal for your Book Club or Reading Group. This kit includes a nylon Halifax Public Libraries bag with 9 copies of Linda Spalding's "The Purchase", along with author and title information, and a list of discussion questions. The kit is available to borrow for 6 week loans. Summary:  "In 1798, Daniel Dickinson, a young Quaker father and widower, leaves his home in Pennsylvania to establish a new life. He sets out with two horses, a wagonful of belongings, his five children, a 15-year-old orphan wife, and a few land warrants for his future homestead. When Daniel suddenly trades a horse for a young slave, Onesimus, it sets in motion a struggle in his conscience that will taint his life forever, and sets in motion a chain of events that lead to two murders and the family's strange relationship with a runaway slave named Bett. Stripped down and as hard-edged as the realities of pioneer life, Spalding's writing is nothing short of stunning, as it instantly envelops the reader in the world and time of the novel, and follows the lives of unforgettable characters. Inspired by stories of the author's own ancestors, The Purchase is a resonant, powerful and timeless novel."--Publisher. Awards:  Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for English Fiction, 2012. Genre:  Historical fiction. Canadian fiction. Book Club Kit Other authors:  HPL Readers Services Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Collection Management Adult Book Club Kit BOOK CLUB KIT SPA Adult Book Club Kit Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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