Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline Paperback Book

Description: Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this young adult novel exploring grief and belonging by the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of The Marrow Thieves series, now available in paperback.Winifred has lived in the apartment above the cemetery office with her father, who works in the crematorium, all her life, close to her mothers grave. With her sixteenth birthday only days away, Winifred has settled into a lazy summer schedule, lugging her obese Chihuahua around the grounds in a squeaky red wagon to visit the neglected gravesides and nursing a serious crush on her best friend, Jack.Her habit of wandering the graveyard at all hours has started a rumor that Winterson Cemetery might be haunted. Its welcome news since the crematorium is on the verge of closure and her fathers job is being outsourced. Now that the ghost tours have started, Winifred just might be able to save her fathers job and the only home shes ever known, not to mention being able to stay close to where her mother is buried. All she has to do is get help from her con-artist cousin to keep up the ruse and somehow manage to stop her father from believing his wife has returned from the grave. But when Phil, an actual ghost of a teen girl who lived and died in the ravine next to the cemetery, starts showing up, Winifred begins to question everything she believes about life, love and death. Especially love. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography CHERIE DIMALINE is an author from the Georgian Bay Métis Community. Her book The Marrow Thieves won the prestigious Kirkus Prize for Young Readers Literature, the Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature, and the Governor Generals Literary Award, among others. TIME named it one of the 100 Best YA Books of All Time. Its sequel, Hunting by Stars, was published in 2021 to great acclaim, and was selected as Book of the Year by NPR, Indigo, and Kobo, and was a Good Morning America Buzz Pick, as well as a Cityline Book Club Pick for December 2021. Review A BookPage Most Anticipated YA Book of 2023An Indigo Best Teen Book of the YearOne of Kirkuss Best Teen/YA of 2023PRAISE FOR Funeral Songs for Dying Girls: "Winifred is an engaging lead with an emotional and fulfilling journey. Artfully melding horror, deadpan humor, and an impossible romance, this well-crafted narrative from Dimaline follows lived-in characters who are tortured by grief. Atmospheric, intimate, and melodic; the rich storytelling sings." —STARRED REVIEW, Kirkus Reviews"[A] story of healing. Dimaline has created a rich world of complex characters with a narrative that oscillates from love story to suspense-thriller — sometimes within the same chapter — without any tonal whiplash. Funeral Songs for Dying Girls is a complex exploration of grief, family, and love that will appeal to teens and adults alike." —STARRED REVIEW, Quill & Quire"Contemplative prose excels in its portrayal of a reclusive protagonist longing for connection and overcoming grief while living in a neighborhood that shuns her for perceived shortcomings, presenting a textured narrative about loss and love." —Publishers Weekly"This lyrical ghost story portrays how a bond between two girls — one living, one not — transforms the grief that roots them both in place. . . . Wrenching and poignant, Funeral Songs for Dying Girls is a haunting tale about what it means to search for home — not the place, but the feeling you carry with you." —BookPage"Dimalines intense, bittersweet, and often funny novel is more than a ghost story. Extended portions about the life and death of Phil, a sympathetically rendered ghost character who becomes one of Winifreds first loves, allude to the real-life neglected epidemic of MMIWG2S (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People). Through this novel, Dimaline honors those lost." —The Horn Book"With beautiful, biting prose, Dimalines tale of loss and love will challenge its readers to consider how the past can haunt the present if we let it." —CM: Canadian Review of Materials "Winifreds narration is startling in its honesty . . . and the result is a deep intimacy that is warm but melancholy." —Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books"[A] literary journey that explores grief, identity, family, and isolation through the lens of a lonely and independent 16-year-old girl. . . . Dimalines writing is lyrical and haunting." —Pine Reads Review"In Funeral Songs for Dying Girls, the authors eerie, beautiful prose transports the reader into an enticing world of loss, where storytelling is represented as cathartic and central to the quest to find oneself." —Global Literature In Libraries Initiative Details ISBN0735265658 Author Cherie Dimaline Pages 280 Audience Age 14 Publisher Tundra Books Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780735265653 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-05-14 Imprint Tundra Books Place of Publication Ontario Country of Publication Canada Audience Teenage / Young adult We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159989836;

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