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Bad Land

Corinna Chong

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English
Arsenal Pulp Press
01 November 2024
The slow-burning, deeply felt story of a social outcast reckoning with the wounds of her past.

Regina is a socially awkward loner content to live a life withdrawn from everyone except her cherished pet bunny. But after seven years of silence, Regina's brother, Ricky, shows up unannounced on her doorstep, along with his daughter, Jez

a peculiar six-year-old with an unnerving vicious streak

upending Regina's quiet life.

It's clear to Regina that something terrible has happened, though the truth won't come to the surface easily. After all, Regina and Ricky lived a childhood fraught with secrets buried as deep as the fossils in the desolate landscape around them. But this secret is one that cannot stay buried for long, and its exposure sets off a calamitous journey through the plains and mountains of the North American badlands to the west coast, forcing Regina to confront the brutality of family love and to question how far she is willing to go to preserve it.

By turns thrilling and heartwarming, rife with gothic tension, and carried by fervent compassion, Bad Land is a story about the toxic nature of guilt, the fragility of memory, and the ways we shape our own versions of the truth in order to survive.
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Imprint:   Arsenal Pulp Press
Country of Publication:   Canada
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 156mm, 
ISBN:   9781551529592
ISBN 10:   1551529599
Pages:   272
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Corinna Chong lives in Kelowna, Canada, where she teaches in the English department at Okanagan College.

Reviews for Bad Land

"""Bad Land is a marvel--original and unforgettable. Chong's voice echoes beyond the last page."" --Linda Spalding, author of The Purchase"


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