Penelope's Way

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3.63 · Rating details · 16 ratings · 4 reviews

Penelope is on a special mission in her 70th year -- to achieve serenity and work out the meaning of life. As she hikes the hills near her west coast home, she also negotiates the hills and valleys of her life past and present. Penelope's Way is a lively, witty, thought-provoking novel, resonating with the intellectual power and emotional depth only a mature novelist can c ...more

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Paperback, 324 pages

Published by Coteau Books (first published April 9th 2013)

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Aug 06, 2010 Melanie rated it really liked it

Penelope Stevens is trying to puzzle out the meaning of her life in various ways. She talks with her oldest friends over coffees and potluck dinners, she takes a community college course called "Science for Seniors", she muses and reflects on all the elements of her past to draw out their significance. Her consideration of issues knows no bounds: her mind ranges from biology to social influences on gender, from societal violence to the love of husband, children and illicit lovers. Chance, random ...more

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Sep 10, 2017 Alison Thompson rated it really liked it

Shelves: canadian, fiction, x-canada-challenge-2017

I really enjoyed this book and wish Penelope was real so I could meet her.

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Aug 12, 2015 Toast rated it did not like it

Oh dear. If you like Coccoon with a healthy doze of Ali Barbar and the 70 flying mattresses then this is for you. There was something there, it was just hidden very well. Not for me.
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Jan 07, 2012 Louise rated it did not like it

Shelves: bookclub, fiction

Strongly disliked everything about this book and did not finish it. So far, it is the first and only book that I've read for my book club that I haven't finished. ...more

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