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02228aam a2200301 i 4500 001 7F28F6C0495811EE9228709642ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230902011803 008 230502s2023 onc 000 f eng 020 $a 1770417060 020 $a 9781770417069 (softcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1378080195 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c NLC $d NLC $d BDX $d SILO 042 $a lac 055 0 $a PS8615.I368 $b G56 2023 082 0 $a C813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Higdon, Christine, $e author. 245 10 $a Gin, turpentine, pennyroyal, rue / $c Christine Higdon. 260 $a Toronto : $b ECW Press, $c 2023. 263 $a 202309 300 $a 388 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Four working-class Vancouver sisters, still reeling from the impact of World War I and the pandemic that stole their only brother, are scraping by but attempting to make the most of the exciting 1920s. Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue is a love story ? but like all love stories, it?s complicated ? Morag is pregnant; she loves her husband. Georgina can?t bear hers and dreams of getting an education. Harriet-Jean, still at home with her opium-addicted mother, is in love with a woman. Isla?s pregnant too ? and in love with her sister?s husband. Only one soul knows about Isla?s pregnancy, and it isn?t the father. When Isla resorts to a back-street abortion and nearly dies, Llewellyn becomes hellbent on revenge. But can revenge lead to anything but disaster for a man like Llew ? a policeman tangled up in running rum to Prohibition America? Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue is immersed in the complex political and social realities of the 1920s and, not-so ironically, of the 2020s: love, sex, desire, police corruption, abortion, addiction, and women wanting more. Beautifully written, with a loveable cast of characters, this novel is a tender account of love that cannot be acknowledged, of loss and regret, risk and defiance, abiding friendship, and the powerful bonds of chosen family."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Abortion $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Ireland $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Romance. 941 $a 1 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230902012421.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7F28F6C0495811EE9228709642ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search