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Doubting Yourself to the Bone is a story about the nature of grief, about what it means to be a parent in the face of great sorrow, the idea of re-invented love and hope. Set in Paris and a small town in the Canadian Rockies, the novel is propelled forward by a horrific car crash that reverberates for the victim's husband and daughters. From a scotch-swilling Tibetan monk to a titillating, imagined waif named Katya, whose uninvited visits are always intriguing, this story serpentines through the labyrinth of grief and pain as the victim's husband wrestles with the question, was the car crash an accident or intentional? It is a bumpy and strange journey, peopled with a capricious mother, an aging alcoholic uncle, five Buddhist monks in a broken van, and a nudist lesbian, that leads its main character and the reader on the road to salvation.

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Thomas Trofimuk is the author of The 52nd Poem, which won the 2003 City of Edmonton Book Prize and the Georges Bugnet Award for Novel. Also a poet, playwright and author of short stories, Thomas is a founding member of the Edmonton Stroll of Poets and a Founding Father of the Raving Poets movement. Thomas lives in Edmonton.
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"Doubting Yourself to the Bone is ... a clear-eyed meditation on the gulfs between separation and divorce, and grief and acceptance." -- Winnipeg Free Press, October 22, 2006

Doubting Yourself to the Bone "traverses difficult emotional territory with great beauty and delicacy."

"What sets Trofimuk's work apart is the unque grace with which he handles heavy human emotions, and the certain playfulness in narrative and image that buoys his work above weighty themes."

"Trofimuk has carved out his own Soul Mountain for us, in Edmonton and Field, and found a reflective surface right in our own Canadian Rockies." -- Edmonton Journal, October 1, 2006

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ISBN 10: 1896951864 ISBN 13: 9781896951867
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: New. 1st Edition. New - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. - Doubting Yourself To The Bone Is A Story About The Nature Of Grief, About What It Means To Be A Parent In The Face Of Great Sorrow, The Idea Of Re-Invented Love, And Hope. Based In Paris And A Small Town In The Canadian Rockies, This Narrative Revolves Around A Horrific Car Crash That Creates Startling Reverberations For Everybody It Touches. It's Not The Question Of "How Could This Happen?" But Rather, "Did It Happen On Purpose?" That Drives This Narrative. Seller Inventory # 006832

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