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Surfacing

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A young woman returns to the remote island of her childhood in Northern Canada to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father. Flooded with memories, she begins to realise that going home means entering not only another place but another time. As the wild island exerts its elemental hold and she is submerged in the language of the wilderness, she sees that what she is really looking for is her own past

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Surfacing, Margaret Atwood

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1979
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Language
English
Released
1979
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Paperback
ISBN10
0860680649
ISBN13
9780860680642
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First published
1972
Original title
Surfacing
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A young woman returns to the remote island of her childhood in Northern Canada to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father. Flooded with memories, she begins to realise that going home means entering not only another place but another time. As the wild island exerts its elemental hold and she is submerged in the language of the wilderness, she sees that what she is really looking for is her own past