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To All Appearances a Lady book. To All Appearances a Lady is Marilyn Bowering’s haunting, evocative debut novel and one of her most loved and memorable works

To All Appearances a Lady book. To All Appearances a Lady is Marilyn Bowering’s haunting, evocative debut novel and one of her most loved and memorable works. As Robert Lam sets off on his voyage up the coast of Vancouver Island, the last passenger he expects is a ghost.

To all appearances a lady. by. Bowering, Marilyn. This book was fascinating in the way it intertwined actual history of whaling and navigation with the opium trade and choices made.

To All Appearances a Lady It is one book and many: a Vancouver island coastal travelogue; a ghost. And now to their ranks comes Marilyn Bowering, a poet from Victoria, a debut novelist of power and mesmeric voice. To All Appearances a Lady harvests those adjectives which lie limp on publishers’ handouts: vivid, absorbing, perceptive, sensitive and spare. It is one book and many: a Vancouver island coastal travelogue; a ghost story, a trek after roots; a poetic monologue, and a history of Chinese struggle and settlement on the eastern Canadian seaboard.

Bowering, who had published several volumes of poetry prior to this novel, has produced here a stunning work of prose. Any study of a person's historical roots should have universal appeal, and this one does the job better than most.

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To All Appearances a Lady is Marilyn Bowering’s haunting, evocative debut novel and one of her most loved and memorable works. As Robert Lam sets off on his voyage up the coast of Vancouver Island.

To All Appearances a Lady is Marilyn Bowering's haunting, evocative debut novel and one of her most loved and memorable works. But when the spirit of Lam Fam-the woman who raised him-suddenly and mysteriously appears, the trip they embark on initiates a quest for the truth about a past both have been avoiding for too many years.

Marilyn Bowering (born April 13, 1949) is a Canadian poet, novelist and playwright. As well as several adventure novels and many books of poetry, Bowering has also scripted a number of dramatic works and a libretto

Marilyn Bowering (born April 13, 1949) is a Canadian poet, novelist and playwright. As well as several adventure novels and many books of poetry, Bowering has also scripted a number of dramatic works and a libretto. Bowering was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and grew up in Victoria, British Columbia. She studied English at the University of Victoria, and graduated with a Master of Arts degree.

Marilyn Bowering is an award-winning poet and playwright whose first novel, To All Appearances a Lady, was a New York Times Notable Book of 1990. She was born in Winnipeg and grew up in Victoria, British Columbia. She has lived and worked in the United States, Greece, Scotland Spain, and Canada and now makes her home in Sooke British Columbia. Visible Worlds was a finalist for the fourth annual Orange Prize in 1998. One of the most important literary awards in Great Britain, the Orange Prize is given each year to the best novel published there that is written by a woman.

The Visitors Have All Returned - 1979. To All Appearances a Lady - 1989. Anyone Can See I Love You - 1988. Visible Worlds - 1997. Cat’s Pilgrimage - 2004. What It Takes to Be Human - 2007. The Liberation of Newfoundland - 1973. One Who Became Lost - 1976. The Killing Room - 1977. The Book of Glass- 1978. Sleeping With Lambs - 1980. Giving Back Diamonds - 1982. The Sunday Before Winter - 1984. Grandfather was a Soldier - 1987. Anyone Can See I Love You - 1987.

Marilyn Bowering (born April 13, 1949) is a Canadian poet, novelist, playwright, and academic. To All Appearances a Lady. Toronto: Random House, 1989. Marilyn Bowering in the Canadian Encyclopedia. Marilyn Bowering at Canadian Women Poets. Bowering, Marilyn at ABC Bookworld.