PAULETTE JILES is a writer and poet. She won the Governor General's award in 1984 for her collection of poems "Celestial Navigation".
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As lyrical and poignant as Ahab’s Wife and Cold Mountain, here is a wondrous tale set against the tragedy of the American Civil War. . . . “Jiles carries her gifts with deft precision.”—New York Times Book Review The Colley family are mo... SEE MORE