Stranger

(Hardback)

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An ageless story, the themes of dislocation and disruption, exploitation and vulnerability, rich and poor collide to make a powerful and affecting novel. so is a young Guatemalan woman working at a fertility clinic at Ixchel, in the highlands of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas. She caters to the rich, northern women who visit the clinic hoping the waters of the nearby lake might increase their chances of conception. It is not long before so meets the charming American doctor, Eric, and a romantic affair begins that will throw her life into turmoil. When an accident forces Eric to unexpectedly leave Guatemala, so is left heartbroken and pregnant. But her dreams of raising her newborn baby come to a screaming halt when her daughter is abducted and sent to America to live with Eric and his infertile wife who has coolly staked a claim on the child. Determined to reclaim her stolen daughter, so makes her way north crossing into a dystopian America divided into military zones. Travelling without documents and with little money, she descends into a world full of danger. In a place of shifting boundaries, she must determine who she can trust aware that a wrong decision could mean losing her daughter forever.

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Breathtaking a work of genius -- Matthew Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of We Are Not Ourselves
Like watching a game of Russian roulette Stranger feels like a caution, warning of the dangers of continued disunity and the growing rift from inequality * Toronto Star *
Brilliant and utterly convincing * Globe and Mail *
The gorgeous lyricism of David Bergens latest novel recalls the atmosphere of Hemingways The Old Man and the Sea * Macleans *
Arguably his best novel The book manages the rare feat of being profound and important but at the same time absolutely gripping * Quill and Quire *

Author Bio

David Bergen is the award-winning author of seven previous novels and a collection of short stories. A Year of Lesser was a New York Times Notable Book, and The Case of Lena S. was shortlisted for the Governor Generals Award for Fiction. In 2005, Bergen won the Giller Prize for The Time in Between. The Matter with Morris was shortlisted for the Giller Prize in 2010, won the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award and the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, and was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.