On Fire - Linden, Dianne
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Matti's life is not easy. She has Tourette's, a bio-neurological condition characterized among other things by involuntary spasms or tics. In her case these tics are primarily vocal. Early in the book she confides, "At school they called me Tourette's Girl, like I came out of a phone booth wearing a costume and made funny noises for people' s entertainment. But I was a serious person, waiting for a serious purpose. " When a young man with amnesia wanders out of the heart of wildfire country and collapses at her feet, Matti believes she? found that purpose--in fact she promises to save his…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Matti's life is not easy. She has Tourette's, a bio-neurological condition characterized among other things by involuntary spasms or tics. In her case these tics are primarily vocal. Early in the book she confides, "At school they called me Tourette's Girl, like I came out of a phone booth wearing a costume and made funny noises for people' s entertainment. But I was a serious person, waiting for a serious purpose. " When a young man with amnesia wanders out of the heart of wildfire country and collapses at her feet, Matti believes she? found that purpose--in fact she promises to save his life. But the world Dan comes from is far darker than Matti' s, and the price of keeping her promise greater than she could have imagined. >" --Glen Huser, 2003 Governor General gold medallist for "Stitches" >"--Holley Rubinsky, author of "South of Elfrida," 2013
Autorenporträt
Dianne Linden was born in Kansas City, and grew up in Bolder Colorado where she completed her university education. After working in the eastern US and Germany, she made her way to Canada to work as a teacher at both the high school and college level. In addition to her career and raising a family, Dianne 's work as a writer has always remained central to her life. Her poetry, short stories, and essays for adults have appeared in many Canadian literary magazines and have been anthologized in Canada, and Britain. She has also published two award-winning YA novels. Balancing her full time writing career is her volunteer work, which is diligently focused on raising money for African grandmothers through the Stephen Lewis Foundation.