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Fish Change Direction in Cold Weather
Fish Change Direction in Cold Weather | Pierre Szalowski
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Once upon a time in a frozen city . . . strangers fall in love, wishes come true, and lives will never be the same again When his parents split up, and his dad leaves home, a ten-year-old boy begs the sky to help him. The next day an ice storm covers his city. When the power goes out and the temperature drops, people must turn to each other to survive. But for one neighbourhood the catastrophe brings surprising new beginnings. Julie, the dancer who lives across the street, helps Boris, an eccentric Russian mathematician, save his fish from the cold weather. And the urbane Michel and Simon open their door to Alexis, their embittered neighbour, and his son. But will the ice storm bring the boy's parents back together? Hilarious and heartwarming, Fish Change Direction in Cold Weather reminds us that happy endings might still be possible.
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Sparkin
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Really enjoyed reading this book - a happier bedfellow to Orhan Pamuk's 'Snow' - both novels work on the premise of extreme weather isolating a community. Both works of translation. Both great.

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Sparkin
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This exhibit, which is part of the #Yokohama Museum of Art, (and based on currents in the Mediterranean), reminded me of this charming book which I was reading at the time. I'd picked up a copy at a #Macmillan book sale in #Egremont, #Cumbria. #translation #French #Canadian

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MusingsOnMidlife
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#tryachapter book 2. This was quick and easy to read. A simple writing style and a melancholic atmosphere. I'm intrigued, and it wins best cover of the 5 in my pile! A definite maybe ...

Megabooks Cute cover! 8y
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