num_pages: 212
description: At the heart of Michael Ignatieff's riveting novel about a woman's descent into Alzheimer's are the tangled threads of a Midwestern family, frayed by time and tragedy yet still connected - as much by pride, embarrassed love, and sibling rivalry as by the painful ties of family loyalty. More than a tale of isolated tragedy, Scar Tissue explores the bonds of memory, their configuartion in self-identity, and their relationship to love, loyalty, and death.
language: English
title: Scar Tissue: A Novel
titlecomplete: Scar Tissue: A Novel
genres: Fiction, Canada
ratings_count: 336
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux