In the Fabled East : A Novel Hilary Stewart Lawren Harris and J

Lawren Harris and J

Fans of Richard Wagamese’s writing will be heartened by the news that the bestselling author left behind a manuscript he’d been working on until shortly before his death in 2017

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In the Fabled East : A Novel Hilary Stewart Lawren Harris and JDescription From one of Canada's best young voices comes a sweeping literary adventure set against the backdrop of French Indochina. Paris, 1909: Adelie Tremier, a young widow suffering the final stages of tuberculosis, flees for French occupied Indochina, through the lush forests of Laos, to seek out a fabled spring of immortality that might allow her to return to her nine year old son. Laos, 1936: Pierre Lazarie, a young academic turned Saigon