We Are Already Ghosts
We Are Already Ghosts
Patricia Johnson
, Sandra Furlotte
, Debbie Rodgers
, Penny Gilman
, Natasha Andres
, Mathew Webb
, Stephanie Dayes
, Jude Castillo
, Marilyn Stanley
, Stephen Pinder
, Claire Gear
, Shannon Holmes
, Barry Kazimer
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Mary Lester
, Beth Dekoker
, Mary Therrien
, Tyler Webb
, Andrea Pole
, Sarah Armenia
, Joseph Chirayil
, Andy Holmes
, Sharon Forzley
, Agnes Marshall
, Cheryl Johnson
, Sindi Nika
, Lesley Cameron
, Naomi MacKinnon
, Natasa Ilic
, Karen Cole
, Ed Gilman
, Isa Bella
, Tiffany Glubis
, Kathryn Galan
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Joe Mitchell
, Deana Bueley
, Janice B Knickle
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Linda Leitch
, cassandra schiemann
, Tanis Anne
, Noelle Walsh
, Damen Rae
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Carson Loveless
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Sarah Schwartz
, Ken Gilmour
, Deanna Radford
, Alanna Virtue
, Angela Mitchell
, Allison Dube
, zelda dwyer
, Debra Meagher
, Rose Hately
, Tanya Blake
, P. Thompson
, Diana Richardson
, oliver stevens
, Denica StP
, Lynn Andrews
, Joan Clare
, Daria Krykhtin
, Katie Macalister
, Kim O'Gorman
, Gale Dowle
, Heather Fugere
, Debra Fisher
, Elisabeth Marseille
, Vanessa S
, Joan Marie Galat
, Janice Cournoyer
, LISA NELSON
, Alison Scarrow
, Margaret McKay
, Brent van Staalduinen
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Paula Adam
, Meghan Barton
, Debbie Youngman
, Huguette Lemieux
, Michelle Arsenault
, Chris Lantz
, Robert Hykawy
, Heather Belliveau
, Heather Sibley
, Faythe Lou
, Sarah Butland
, Leslie Vermeer
, Tatiana Robinson
, Paula Ritchie
, Prabh Toor
, Linda Dessau
, Cherryl Koylass
, Nancy Reid
, Susan Toy
, Debra Guyette
, ilona storie
, Pam Keetch
, Christopher Evans
, Gabrielle Veilleux
, Russell Reitsema
, Catherine Westerberg
, Lisa Mallia
, Benita Hartwell
, Carl Scott
, Jennifer Beyak
, jane luce
, Karen Lowe
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Charles Leblanc
, Melissa Poremba
, Melanie Solar
, Julie M.
, Kevin Smith
, Kim Wiggins
, Alex Henderson
, Michael Hagenbuch
, Elle Andra-Warner
, Barbara Leckie
, Nicole Maxwell
, Claudie Léveillé
, Peggy Hool
, liisa hannus
, VJ Hatton
, Elle Kishia
, Liana Cusmano
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Holly Elisabeth
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The Briscoe-MacDougall family retire to their lakeside cabin each summer. This annual vacation is at time to unwind and refresh, a time to relax away from the hustle and bustle of city life.
We are Already Ghosts joins the Briscoe-MacDougalls in the summer of 1996 and returns to them at five-year intervals. William, Clare, Helen, Michael, John, Doug, Mike, Jéanne, Françoise, Celeste, Daphne, Benjamin, and Mackenzie the dog live, grow up, and grow old as the world changes in small ways and in devastating ones. The shock of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan tear across the globe; the Great Recession steals jobs, savings, and houses; and the politics of colonial Canada come evermore into focus. Marriages are made and marriages fall apart, babies are born, lives end, careers are made and broken, the trash gets taken to the dump, the trees bud and then they lose their leaves. The cabin remains and the family returns, year after year.
Impeccably written, crisp, and direct, We are Already Ghosts is a turn-of-the-millennium family epic that documents and challenges Canadian life. Author Kit Dobson writes in conversation with the literary tradition, creating a narratively complex, compelling, and smart novel that is a pleasure to read yet lingers in the mind long after the covers are closed.
