Cathy Marie Buchanan
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Niagara Falls, Canada
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The Painted Girls
27 editions
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2012
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The Day the Falls Stood Still
37 editions
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2009
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Daughter of Black Lake: A Novel
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published
2020
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Bois de Boulogne: A Short Story
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2013
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"A beautiful and full world-build plus compelling main characters Devout and Hobble made this a story I didn’t want to put down. The way the stories of mother and daughter wove around one another to finally meet was a satisfying frame for exposition t"
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“In those clouds I have seen aberrations-flecks of shimmering silver, orbs of color a shade more intense than their surroundings. I have seen them more than once, and I haves decided they are prayers, mine and everyone else's, too.”
― The Day the Falls Stood Still
― The Day the Falls Stood Still
“It is about being born downtrodden and staying that way. Hard work makes no difference, he is saying. My lot, the lots of those around me, were cast the moment we were born into the gutter to parents who never managed to step outside the gutter themselves.”
― The Painted Girls
― The Painted Girls
“Willfulness, such as yours, is exactly what a girl needs to raise herself up to do something useful with her life.”
― The Painted Girls
― The Painted Girls
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“It is about being born downtrodden and staying that way. Hard work makes no difference, he is saying. My lot, the lots of those around me, were cast the moment we were born into the gutter to parents who never managed to step outside the gutter themselves.”
― The Painted Girls
― The Painted Girls

From Monday July 12th to Sunday July 25th Cathy Marie Buchanan will be answering questions about The Day the Falls Stood Still and the writing life.

Join us on Wednesday, March 27th for a special discussion with author Cathy Marie Buchanan! Cathy Marie Buchanan will be discussing her work, includin ...more

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