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D'Amour Road By Sigrid Macdonald
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and Activist Presents fictional account of missing woman in Ottawa
The plight of missing women and children has captured the airwaves
over the last several years. Sigrid Macdonald's new novel, D'Amour
Road, explores this tragic social problem in an informative, entertaining,
and uniquely Canadian fashion.
Tara Richards is about to turn 40. The thought fills her with dread.
She is unhappy with her job as a rehabilitation nurse and disenchanted
with her marriage, but lacks the courage to make a major life change.
When her best friend Lisa disappears, Tara's life is thrown into
turmoil. Has Lisa jeopardized her sobriety by going on a drinking
binge, or has she been harmed by her partner, who has a history
of battering? Tara joins a massive search for her friend along with
the police, her colorful women's collective, and a 24-year-old man
whom she finds particularly captivating.
D'Amour Road explores themes as diverse as female friendships, violence
against women, wrongful convictions, fear of aging, addiction, and
unrequited love. Although the subject matter is serious, Macdonald's
dialogue provides levity as well as wisdom.
Sigrid Macdonald is a freelance writer who resides in Ottawa, Ontario.
Her work has appeared in publications such as Justice Denied and
the Globe and Mail. Her first book GETTING
HIP: Recovery from a Total Hip Replacement was published in
2004 by Author House. She has been featured in the Citizen, CJ0H
Nightly News, the New RO, and on CFRA radio.
Macdonald has been a longtime supporter of the seemingly disparate
issues of women's rights and wrongful convictions. D'Amour Road is her first novel.
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