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Coyote's Song
This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Sara used to be a back-up singer in a band. She left her singing career to raise a family. She is content with being a stay-at-home mom. Then, one Saturday, Sara's world changes. Sara and her family go to an outdoor music festival. There, on stage, Sara sees Jim, the lead singer from her old band. He invites her to sing with him. Being on stage brings back forgotten feelings for Sara - and for Jim. And Sara's husband Rob sure doesn't like what he sees. Sara also sees something a coyote. Learn how Coyote, the trickster spirit, turns Sara's life upside down.
72 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 18, 2012
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Gail Anderson-Dargatz
29 books340 followersWatch for Gail's new novel, The Almost Widow, a thriller, released May 2023.
GAIL ANDERSON-DARGATZ’s first novel, The Cure for Death by Lightning, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and won the UK’s Betty Trask Award, the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the Vancity Book Prize. Her second novel, A Recipe for Bees, was nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award and was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. The Spawning Grounds was nominated for the Sunburst Award and the Ontario Library Association Evergreen Award and short-listed for the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award for Fiction. Her thriller, The Almost Wife was a national bestseller in 2021, and her most recent novel, The Almost Widow, is out in May 2023.
Gail also writes young adult and hi-lo books for the educational market. Her book Iggy’s World was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and shortlisted for the Chocolate Lily Book Awards. The Ride Home was short-listed for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize, as well as the Red Cedar Fiction Award and the Chocolate Lily Book Award.
She taught for nearly a decade in the MFA program in creative writing at the University of British Columbia and now mentors writers online. Gail Anderson-Dargatz lives in the Shuswap region of British Columbia.
GAIL ANDERSON-DARGATZ’s first novel, The Cure for Death by Lightning, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and won the UK’s Betty Trask Award, the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the Vancity Book Prize. Her second novel, A Recipe for Bees, was nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award and was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. The Spawning Grounds was nominated for the Sunburst Award and the Ontario Library Association Evergreen Award and short-listed for the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award for Fiction. Her thriller, The Almost Wife was a national bestseller in 2021, and her most recent novel, The Almost Widow, is out in May 2023.
Gail also writes young adult and hi-lo books for the educational market. Her book Iggy’s World was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and shortlisted for the Chocolate Lily Book Awards. The Ride Home was short-listed for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize, as well as the Red Cedar Fiction Award and the Chocolate Lily Book Award.
She taught for nearly a decade in the MFA program in creative writing at the University of British Columbia and now mentors writers online. Gail Anderson-Dargatz lives in the Shuswap region of British Columbia.
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January 15, 2023
Its okay perhaps a good for some however the lesson was not for myself. However it did educate further of meaning of Coyote spirit animal.
March 20, 2024
Good high interest, low vocabulary book for adult learners. Characters were well developed for length of book and plot would be interesting for ABE or ESL.
July 20, 2014
Sarah gave up her singing career when she got married and had her daughter. Sarah’s devoted husband works long hours and comes home late. Her daughter will start school soon. Sarah knows she is at a point in her life where she needs to do something to satisfy herself when Coyote, a portent of change crosses her path.
This is my second Good Reads Book. My first Good Reads, I picked up by mistake. This one I picked up on purpose. Firstly, with work and school, I am having trouble reading books to the end. So, the length of the stories are perfect bedtime reading.
Secondly, I am intrigued by the genius of these well-crafted, engaging, entertaining stories. These deceptively simple stories could only be told by master writers.
This is my second Good Reads Book. My first Good Reads, I picked up by mistake. This one I picked up on purpose. Firstly, with work and school, I am having trouble reading books to the end. So, the length of the stories are perfect bedtime reading.
Secondly, I am intrigued by the genius of these well-crafted, engaging, entertaining stories. These deceptively simple stories could only be told by master writers.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews