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Gail Anderson-Dargatz

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Gail's novels The Cure for Death by Lighting and A Recipe for Bees were international bestsellers, and were both finalists for the prestigious Giller Prize in Canada. The Cure for Death by Lightning won the UK’s Betty Trask Prize among other awards. A Rhinestone Button was a national bestseller in Canada and Gail's first book, The Miss Hereford Stories, was short-listed for the Leacock Award for humour. Turtle Valley, just out in trade paperback, is a Canadian bestseller.

Gail teaches fiction and novel in the creative writing optional-residency MFA program at the University of British Columbia, and divides her time between Manitoulin Island and the Shuswap-Thompson region, the landscape found in so much of her writing.

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Average rating: 3.60 · 4,088 ratings · 253 reviews · 10 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Cure For Death By Lightning 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 2,211 ratings — published 1996 — 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
	A Recipe for Bees 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 1,423 ratings — published 1998 — 17 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
	Turtle Valley 3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 2007 — 4 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
	A Rhinestone Button 3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	The Miss Hereford Stories 3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1994	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
	The Stalker 2.5 of 5 stars 2.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	The Cure for Death by Lightning 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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
	La cura per la morte da fulmine 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2000	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
	Coyote's Song 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 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
	Meisje, moeder 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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“Housework would never be her crowning achievement, the life's work for which she'd be known.”
― Gail Anderson-Dargatz, A Recipe for Bees

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“She knew nothing about him, other than what he revealed of himself through his garden.”
― Gail Anderson-Dargatz, A Recipe for Bees

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