num_pages: 198
description: Sarah Dearing follows her acclaimed first novel, The Bull is Not KiIled, with this closely observed psychologically adept story of a failing marriage and its effects on an unusual woman.Philippa Maria Donohue is an Irish-American newcomer to the city of Toronto whose response to her predictable marriage is to throw aside her comfortable but antiseptic condominium life in upscale Yorkville for total immersion in the brash, artistic, odoured streets of Kensington Market. Changing her name to Nova Philip, she remakes her life, setting up house in a rented room over a store, shaping her appearance to match her new identity, learning the unique rhtyms of Kensington society and its colourful characters - all under the dubious guidance of Tommy the neighbourhood painter, dog groomer, and sometime philosopher.When events push Nora to the brink of physical danger, will she return to the safety of her old life, or continue to embrace the risks of her new?Told with sardonic wit, Courage my Love is an engaging study of contrasts and colliding values, offering an intriguing glimpse into the inner life of an unforgettable protagonist.
language: English
title: Courage My Love
titlecomplete: Courage My Love
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 23
publisher: Stoddart Pub