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Ann Charney

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Ann Charney is an award winning Canadian novelist, short story writer and journalist. Her work has been published in Canada, the US, France, Germany and Italy.

Her most widely published novel is Dobryd, the story of a child discovering freedom amid the chaos of war’s aftermath. She is also the author of Rousseau's Garden, a novel of love and friendship set in the great gardens of France,and Distantly Related to Freud, the coming of age story of a young girl, who dreams of becoming a writer and a femme fatale.

Her most recent novel, Life Class, is a story of displacement and ambition played out in the art circles of Venice, New York and Montreal.

Ann Charney has been a columnist for Maclean's Magazine, a frequent contributor to Saturday Nigh
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Dobryd

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Distantly Related to Freud

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Life Class

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Rousseau's Garden

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Can you please talk a little about the dog Edward - why is he an important "character" in the book?

Nerina was a child during the Balkans war, living in Sarajevo. She is still haunted by images of sharpshooters on the city's rooftops, using dogs for target practice. At night, she dream of being chased by packs of wild, starving dogs roaming the streets of city. All this changes when she meets Edward, a golden-haired, pampered afghan hound. He belongs to the artist, Meredith Covington, who has hi Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 13, 2014 18:29 Tags: dogs, healing, sarajevo, war

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