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The winter vault

Michaels, Anne, 1958- (Author).

In 1964, Jean and Avery Escher, a newly married Canadian couple, settle into a houseboat on the Nile while Avery oversees the building of the Aswam dam. When they suffer a tragedy, they return to Toronto and separate only to try to find their way back to each other.

Book  - 2009

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Subject
Canadians > Egypt > Fiction.
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Canadian fiction (English)
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Genre
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Fiction.
  • ISBN: 077105890X
  • ISBN: 9780771058905
  • Physical Description 341 pages
  • Publisher Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, [2009]

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2009 Giller Prize shortlist
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