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The son of a certain woman  Cover Image Book Book

The son of a certain woman / Wayne Johnston.

Johnston, Wayne. (Author).

Summary:

Percy Joyce is afflicted from birth with a congenital disfigurement but a regular boy on the cusp of teenage-hood, filled with yearning, wild with hormones, longing for what he can't have, for wanting to be let in...and let out; and his disturbingly alluring mother, Penelope, whose sex appeal fairly leaps off the page. Every man in St. John's lusts after her, including her sister-in-law Medina, her paying border, Pops MacDougall, with whom she carries on an affair of convenience - and Percy.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780345807892 (hc.)
  • ISBN: 0345807898
  • Physical Description: 435 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, c2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
CatMonthString:october.13
Subject: Mothers and sons > Fiction.
People with disabilities > Fiction.
Birthmarks > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Canadian fiction > 21st century.
Teenage boys > Fiction.
Gay couples > Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Newfoundland and Labrador > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Genre: Canadian fiction

Available copies

  • 22 of 22 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Smithers Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 22 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Smithers Public Library F JOH (Text) 35101000399860 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -


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