{"product_id":"flames-of-separations-a-novel-by-des-kennedy-1st-ed-signed","title":"FLAMES OF SEPARATIONS, A Novel by Des Kennedy (1st Ed. SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAuthor: Des Kennedy. Published by Insomniac Press, Toronto, 2004, 1st Edition. SIGNED and dedicated by the Author. Printed in Canada. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with light cover handling. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 6 x 9 inch, 270  pages.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFLAMES OF SEPARATIONS, is Des Kennedy's superb novel about Dexter Cooke, a child of privilege, loved by his parents, adored by his peers, and he could have been a star...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eInstead, by his mid-thirties he's mired in mediocrity -- a guilt-ridden son and uninspired teacher who's trapped in a lacklustre marriage haunted by three miscarriages. He's jolted out of his torpor by his student Susan Slater who experiences a sequence of paranormal visitations from a man named Gabriel at the Dancing Grasses conservancy. Could this be the same Gabriel, the charismatic shaman, whose spell Dexter fell under at seventeen? Why is he reappearing at Dancing Grasses, and why has he led Dexter and Susan to a corpse?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR: \u003cspan\u003eDES KENNEDY is a novelist, satirist and gardening writer. Three of his nine books, fiction and non-fiction, have been shortlisted for the Leacock Medal for Humour. Active for years in environmental and social justice issues, he and his partner Sandy live in their hand-built Gulf Islands house amid gardens and woodlands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e1st Edition \u0026amp; Signed by Author  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eISBN: 9781894663649  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eGC\u0026amp;C Stock #5000\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gillmore Coins \u0026 Collectibles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47365849514214,"sku":"5000","price":20.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/6212\/8614\/files\/5000_1.jpg?v=1771435122","url":"https:\/\/gillmore.ca\/products\/flames-of-separations-a-novel-by-des-kennedy-1st-ed-signed","provider":"Gillmore Coins \u0026 Collectibles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}