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May 1, 1998 · Bridget’s boozy friends, her whining ex-boyfriend, and the family chaos make up a “strange heaven” in which her apathy starts to lift. Her vague plan to hibernate at home forever is off. Whatever she does, her drifting days are over.
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May 28, 2010 · When she is transferred to the psych ward after giving birth and putting her baby up for adoption, it is a welcome relief — even with the manic ranting of a teen stripper and come-ons of another delusional inmate. But this oasis of relative calm is short-lived.
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May 1, 1998 · Strange Heaven is tearfully hilarious, as funny and appalling as reality. Bridget Murphy, almost eighteen, has come to Halifax from industrial Cape Breton, had her baby, and given it up for adoption. Transferred to the psych ward of the children's hospital, she's incarcerated with five seriously disturbed teenagers and a flock of wan children.
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Mar 2, 2017 · Lynn Coady's debut novel is about a teen girl who prefers living in the psych ward to spending time with her troubled family.
Sep 8, 2020 · Strange heaven. by. Coady, Lynn, 1970-. Publication date. 2010. Topics. Unmarried mothers -- Fiction, Birthparents -- Fiction, Depressed persons -- Fiction, Birthparents, Depressed persons, Unmarried mothers. Publisher. Fredericton, N.B. : Goose Lane.
Bridget’s boozy friends, her whining ex-boyfriend, and the family chaos make up a “strange heaven” in which her apathy starts to lift. Her vague plan to...
Strange heaven. by. Coady, Lynn, 1970- Publication date. 2002. Topics. Families -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton -- Fiction, Families, Cape Breton (N.S.) -- Fiction. Publisher. [Toronto] : Anchor Canada. Collection. inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; americana. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. Title (alternate script)
