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Joan Barfoot

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in Owen Sound, Canada

May 17, 1946

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http://www3.sympatico.ca/jbarfoot/

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Joan Barfoot is an award-winning novelist whose work has been compared internationally with that of Anne Tyler, Carol Shields, Margaret Drabble and Margaret Atwood. Her novels include Luck in 2005, nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, as well as Abra, which won the Books in Canada first novels award, Dancing in the Dark, which became an award-winning Canadian entry in the Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals, Duet for Three, Family News, Plain Jane, Charlotte and Claudia Keeping in Touch, Some Things About Flying, and Getting Over Edgar. Her 2001 novel, Critical Injuries, was longlisted for the 2002 Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the 2001 Trillium Book Award. In 1992 she was given the Marian Engel Award. Also a journalist during mu...more

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Average rating: 3.39 · 552 ratings · 68 reviews · 14 distinct works · Similar authors

	Luck 3.11 of 5 stars 3.11 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exit Lines 3.17 of 5 stars 3.17 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Critical Injuries 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dancing in the Dark 3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1982 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gaining Ground 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1999	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Getting Over Edgar 3.28 of 5 stars 3.28 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Duet for Three 3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abra 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlotte and Claudia Keeping in Touch 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plain Jane 3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“This is the difficulty with learning a language: not always knowing if words contain more than they say.”
― Joan Barfoot, Exit Lines

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“It is some accomplishment to suffer fear, but to plod on nonetheless. There is some pride in survival.”
― Joan Barfoot, Dancing in the Dark

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