ISBN: 1552451860

Isabel Norris has never left the ice. Her father was a hockey legend who died before she was born, and her grandparents have raised her in his skates.When Iz leaves her grandmother behind… More...

Isabel Norris has never left the ice. Her father was a hockey legend who died before she was born, and her grandparents have raised her in his skates.When Iz leaves her grandmother behind to play for the Winnipeg University Scarlets, she struggles to fit in on this team of hard-hitting, tough-talking women with a penchant for buffets, beer bongs and raunchy humour and a fierce loyalty to one another and to their sport. But in their raucous midst, Iz can't quite find her own place in the game.As she moves between the rowdy hilarity of the Scarlets' dressing room and quiet, lyrical contemplations, Iz tries to navigate the ways loss plays out on the ice. Based largely on author Cara Hedley's three seasons on the University of Manitoba Bison, "Twenty Miles" celebrates women's hockey and offers an uncompromising look at the ways in which the sport both haunts and redeems the women who play it. contemporary,contemporary women,fiction,genre fiction,literary,literature and fiction,sports,women's fiction,world literature Literature & Fiction, Coach House Books<

ISBN: 9781552451861

Isabel Norris has never left the ice. Her father was a hockey legend who died before she was born, and her grandparents have raised her in his skates.When Iz leaves her grandmother behind… More...

Isabel Norris has never left the ice. Her father was a hockey legend who died before she was born, and her grandparents have raised her in his skates.When Iz leaves her grandmother behind to play for the Winnipeg University Scarlets, she struggles to fit in on this team of hard-hitting, tough-talking women with a penchant for buffets, beer bongs and raunchy humour - and a fierce loyalty to one another and to their sport. But in their raucous midst, Iz can't quite find her own place in the game.As she moves between the rowdy hilarity of the Scarlets' dressing room and quiet, lyrical contemplations, Iz tries to navigate the ways loss plays out on the ice. Based largely on author Cara Hedley's three seasons on the University of Manitoba Bison, "Twenty Miles" celebrates women's hockey and offers an uncompromising look at the ways in which the sport both haunts and redeems the women who play it. Media > Book, [PU: Coach House Books]<

ISBN: 9781552451861

The Scarlets are hard-hitting, tough-talking hockey players. There's brash Toad, troubled Hal, and Hooters waitress Heezer. And then there's Iz. Iz has a long, fraught relationship wi… More...

The Scarlets are hard-hitting, tough-talking hockey players. There's brash Toad, troubled Hal, and Hooters waitress Heezer. And then there's Iz. Iz has a long, fraught relationship with her sport. Her dad was a hockey star, and her grandfather made a rink for her as soon as she could stand. But when she leaves her grandmother behind to play for the university team, she can't quite find her own place in the game. From the rowdy hilarity of the Scarlets' dressing room to a quiet reticence toward first love--and with a little beer-bonging and a lot of hockey along the way--Iz tries to navigate the ways loss is played out on the ice. Both fast-paced and hesitant, "Twenty Miles" celebrates women's hockey and offers an uncompromising look at the ways in which the sport haunts the women who play it. Twenty Miles Hedley, Cara, Coach House<

2004, ISBN: 9781552451861

Coach House Books, Taschenbuch, 250 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-10-14T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.75 kg, Gegenwartsliteratur, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Sport, Unterhaltu… More...

Coach House Books, Taschenbuch, 250 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-10-14T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.75 kg, Gegenwartsliteratur, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Sport, Unterhaltungsliteratur, Zeitgenössische Frauenliteratur, Kanadische Literatur, Weltliteratur, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, Fremdsprachige Bücher, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4901, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_0, Special Features Stores, Taschenbücher, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4201, Coach House Books, 2004<