2005 non-fiction book by Francis Chalifour
After is a non-fiction book written by Canadian writer Francis Chalifour , first published in October 2005 by Tundra Books . In the book, the author narrates his pain and confusion as he grieved his father's death by suicide. Judith Miller , an award judge for the Edna Staebler Award called After , "deeply moving" saying, "We enjoyed the lyricism of his language and his strong sense of character."[ 1]
After received the 2006 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ".[ 1] The book was also nominated for a Governor General's Literary Award in 2005.[ 2]
^ a b Faculty of Arts, 2006, Edna Staebler Award Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It , Wilfrid Laurier University , Previous winners, Francis Chalifour, Retrieved 11/27/2012
^ Tundra Books, After Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine , About the Book, Awards, Retrieved 11/27/2012
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