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Cowards Paperback – September 25, 2015

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Cowards recounts the collapse of the painstakingly constructed life of a family in a society split between formal European and Saskatchewan-style pragmatic socialism. Lora and Léon Chaulieu, the former a respected judge and the latter a blacklisted writer, manage to keep their family on the right side of the law and the prospects of their two teenage daughters open until Lora is reassigned from the capital, where the family lives, to a small prairie city. This forces Léon to become the central parental figure, making it impossible to keep up the wall between his subversive activities and his home life. Without the balancing influence of Lora, the turmoil caused by the meeting of these two worlds leads the whole family down a path of increasing lawlessness.
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    175 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Top Hat Books
  4. Publication date
    September 25, 2015
  5. Dimensions
    5.51 x 0.38 x 8.47 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1785350706
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1785350702
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Trent Portigal has written popular articles on a variety of urban planning topics, in addition to presenting on Canadian francophone literature in the academic world. He spends his days planning cities on the Canadian prairies.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Top Hat Books (September 25, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 175 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1785350706
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1785350702
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.51 x 0.38 x 8.47 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

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Trent Portigal

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Trent Portigal is a writer of eclectic curiosities based in Edmonton, Canada. His second novel, A Floating Phrase, was shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I thoroughly enjoyed this book
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The character development and world are instantly engaging. I find the political and historical elements a rich layer that build on or add to an already interesting story but are not needed to enjoy the book. As I read Cowards, I was reminded of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. All in all, an enjoyable quick read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Risks, choices and opportunities
Reviewed in Canada on December 30, 2015
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Very well written in an individual style that has an odd, distant enigmatic quality to it. Keeps you interested; keeps you reading and empathizing with the characters. Shows that being a "coward" is only human.
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