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Humphreys, Helen, 1961–
The reinvention of love : a novel / Helen Humphreys.
“A Phyllis Bruce Book”.
ISBN 978-1-55468-444-1
2. Hugo, Victor, 1802–1885—Fiction. 3. Hugo, Adèle, 1806–1868—Fiction. I. Title.
PS8565.U558R45 2012 C813’.54 C2012-903356-1
RRD 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
About the Author
HELEN HUMPHREYS is an acclaimed author of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Her last novel, Coventry, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year, and a finalist for the Trillium Book Award. She won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for Afterimage and the Toronto Book Award for Leaving Earth, and The Lost Garden was a Canada Reads selection. The Reinvention of Love has been shortlisted for the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction. In 2009, Humphreys was awarded the Harbourfront Festival Prize for literary excellence. She lives in Kingston, Ontario. Visit her online at hhumphreys.com.
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