| Red Rooms Revised Edition Contributor(s): Dimaline, Cherie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1926886178 ISBN-13: 9781926886176 Publisher: Theytus Books OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - Aboriginal & Indigenous - Young Adult Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 813.6 |
| Series: Red Rooms |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Naomi, an Indigenous chambermaid in a busy downtown hotel, amuses herself by imagining the past, present and future lives of five hotel guests, whom she observed in passing, in the hotel lobby and through relics left in their rooms. Struck by their remains, their footprints and their clues, Naomi patches them together to weave tales of infatuation, love, infidelity, illness, death and family. In Red Rooms, Naomi tells the tales of the young prostitute and her invasive spirits, the terminally ill couture collector, the photographer looking for homegrown identity in foreign lands, the businesswoman who discovers the diary of a jingle-dress dancer and a woman emerging from an obsessive affair. They all check in for a temporary stay, living out complicated lives in these simple spaces. Strung together through Naomi's narration, the stories in Red Rooms portray a complex and beautiful urban Indigenous community. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dimaline, Cherie: - Cherie Dimaline is a Métis author and editor whose award-winning fiction has been published and anthologized internationally. Her first book, Red Rooms, was published in 2007, and her novel The Girl Who Grew a Galaxy was released in 2013. In 2014, she was named the Emerging Artist of the Year at the Ontario Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts, and became the first Aboriginal Writer in Residence for the Toronto Public Library. Her book A Gentle Habit was published in August 2016. The Marrow Thieves has won the Governor General's Literary Award and the Kirkus Prize; it is a finalist for the White Pine Award, was named to the Globe and Mail Top 100 and was selected for CBC's Canada Reads. |