Ami McKay
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Ami McKay was born in Indiana in 1968. She is a playwright, novelist and journalist. She started her writing career as a freelancer for CBC Radio. Her work has aired on 'This Morning' and 'The Sunday Edition'. Her documentary, Daughter of Family G won an Excellence in Journalism Medallion at the toon meer 2003 Atlantic Journalism Awards.Her first title, The Birth House, made the Number One Spot on Canadian best sellers list. In 2012 she won the Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Association "Bookseller's Choice of the Year" award for her title, The Virgin Cure. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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- McKay, Ami
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- 1968
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- Canada
USA (birth) - Woonplaatsen
- Indiana, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Scots Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada - Opleiding
- Indiana State University (Musicology)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- CBA Libris Award (2007)
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I really wanted to love the story, which reminded me why Practical Magic is one of my favourite films, but the meandering plot and patchwork genre made me quickly lose interest. Maybe saving the ghosts for a separate novel would have worked better, as I was drawn more to the community of spirits in the hotel and their interactions with Beatrice: 'just as a child learns reading, writing and arithmetic, the dead had to tackle their three Rs as well: revenge, regret and reconciliation.'… (meer)