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Laddar... Falling from Graceav Ann Eriksson
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Winner of the Silver Medal for Western Canadian Fiction at the 2011 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards Sometimes it's the little things in life that make all the difference, like chromosomes, sperm, bugs or an endangered seabird that nests in old-growth forests. But, what's big or what's little depends entirely on your perspective. Faye Pearson is a three-and-a-half-foot tall female scientist doing entomological research in the tallest trees on Vancouver Island, who is pit with a ragtag group of protesters against the might of a multinational logging corporation. The story of Faye and her struggle to function in a world not made for people her size is poignant and heart-warming. Whether she is lusting after her climbing partner, standing up to a conflicted logging boss, dressing down an insulting interviewee, nurturing a wayward child in the midst of an environmental standoff, or being carted off under the arm of a Mountie, you'll be unable to resist this amazing woman. There is a fall in Eriksson's novel, but also incredible moments of grace. Falling from Grace is a novel of no small achievement. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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The book's main character, Faye, is a research biologist who works high in the rain forest canopy looking for tiny life forms that are newly discovered and don't live anywhere else. She also happens to be a dwarf, with all of the hardships and prejudice that growing up as a "little person" entails, and a big chip on her shoulder to boot. While doing research with her assistant in a protected park in British Columbia on Vancouver Island, a ragtag bunch of logging protesters arrive and disrupt their life. Faye comes to realize she can't trust the logging company as much as she thought. Tragedy ensues and Faye's life is forever changed.
Read this book for the moving human drama, the real characters, and the multitude of information about the value of old growth forests and the tragedy of clear-cutting to the animals that live there, and to the world and ultimately to all of us. Truly unforgettable. ( )