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Her first novel, the bone cage newest press, was a finalist in cbcs canada reads competition. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Abdou is unafraid to touch on negative medical experiences and set patronizing professionals in their places. Fiction writers rarely portray the world of sport and the lives of olympic athletes in an authentic and meaningful light. Faculty of health sciences school of kinesiology sport in.
Enter abdous varied and interesting portrayals of athletes relationships to the body, and to the medical professionals who fix bodies. The bone cage by angie abdou overdrive rakuten overdrive. Mar 29, 2010 scene interpretation of bone cage by catherine banks. Angie abdou s debut novel, the bone cage, finds its heart daring to question what happens to athletes who put everything else on hold for a chance at the olympics. The bone cage is a medieval reference to the body, which is a central theme of the novel. No longer can i happily switch off the television, sliding the latest issue of espn magazine under my pillow the one with aquaman michael phelps muscled, lzrskinned torso on the coveras i float toward sleep, dreaming of those eight gold medals tugging on his neck. Both boys wear mirrored glasses and have just the slightest hint of sunburn on the tips of their noses. The bone cage by angie abdou is about young and notsoyoung elite athletes striving for their own pinnacle, a place on the canadian olympic team.
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The bone cage written by angie abdou by ashley elliott on. There is a surprising level detail of training regimens, competition, psychology that alone would make this a great book on sport. Angie abdou has published four books, including three novels. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the bone cage. The bone cage written by angie abdou by ashley elliott on prezi. The story is traced compellingly through the alternating and eventually intersecting trajectories of speed swimmer sadie and wrestler tom digger to family, friends and teammates. The bone cage was also selected by kootenay library foundation as the feature book for its first annual one book, one kootenay celebration launched 8 september 2009. Its a gripping, compelling play about people trapped in their jobs, relationships and lives. Originally published in 2007 by newest press, the bone cage by angie abdou is currently a contender for cbc canada reads. Pdf the bone cage book by angie abdou free download 235. Angie abdou is a fiction writer and teacher with a ph. With realism and humour, author angie abdou captures athletes on the brink of that couldnt put this book down. Aging bodies and the negative effects of it physically past injuries effects the athletes bodies in the present and future competing against younger athletes is. The physical differences between the bodies of men and women are interrogated as abdou s women try to assert their general equality to men.
With realism and humour, author angie abdou captures athletes on the brink of that transitionthe leadup to that looming redefinition of. Angie abdous first novel the bone cage was a christmas gift and is the first book on this years reading list. The main characters of this fiction, cultural story are ben, sadie. The bone cage book edmonton public library bibliocommons. I love that canada reads exposes me to authors and books that i wouldnt have initially picked out such as the bone cage.
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There have been countless books written about the major sports, but in this novel abdou takes a chance and focuses on two relatively lesser known sports, wrestling and distance swimming. In her startling and evocative description of the lives of people in the tourist industry, all inclusive is more than just a title. Digger, an 85kilo wrestler, and sadie, a 26yearold speed swimmer, stand on the verge of realizing every athletes dre. Angie abdou began writing fiction in 2000 and has since published five books. This includes uk public health training, european programme in interventional epidemiology training. That was the phrase she learned at national youth team swim camps. In these golden evenings of the 2008 beijing summer olympics, angie abdous novel the bone cage has burst my bubbly water cube. Buy the paperback book the bone cage by angie abdou at indigo. Home ice by angie abdou overdrive rakuten overdrive. Angie abdous first book was anything boys can do 2009, a collection of short stories which focus on womens changing life choices and sexual encounters.
The beam illuminated a cage, built into one whole wall of the cellar. He is a commentator for tva sports and most recently executive director of the fledgling canadian hockey league players association. The bone cage is well paced and readable, memorable for its fresh perspective on the lives of athletes and the obstacles they must overcome. With realism and humour, author angie abdou captures athletes on the brink of. The physical differences between the bodies of men and women are interrogated as abdous women try to assert their general equality to men. The bone cage, a novel about olympic athletes, was the inaugural one book, one kootenay, as well as a 2011 canada reads finalist and the 2012 macewan. The canterbury trail was a finalist for the banff mountain book award in 2011 and won an ippy for independent publishing. Her revealing stories and careful research on issues such as cost, gender bias, concussion, and family pressures offer a compellingly honest and complex insiders view of. In home ice, with equal parts humour and anguish, abdou charts a full season of life as an atomlevel hockey mom, from summer hockey camp to the endofseason tournament. A tale of two athletes, the bone cage alternates between the two protagonists stories, switching back and forth from chapter to chapter until their paths fatefully cross, changing their individual destinies. The bone cage immerses the reader in a passionate plot that is all the more compelling because of its realism. A medical doctor by background, she has a broad range of experience at local, national and international level.
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