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Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight childrens books, and two graphic novels, as well as a number of small press editions of both. Part detective novel, part psychological thriller, surfacing is the story of a talented woman artist who goes in search of her missing father on a remote island in. Free download or read online surfacing pdf epub book. Her abrupt descent into madness and subsequent surfacing happened too quickly. An adaptation of margaret atwood s book examining the metaphor of indebtedness. The book is written at a time when canada was having a surge of nationalism, and her city slicker friends in. Surfacing by margaret atwood book cover, description, publication history.
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