Street of Riches

Semiautobiographical and universal in appeal, Street of Riches is about a young girl's growing up in a suburb of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Here is Christine, the perceptive narrator of The Road Past Altamont (also a Bison Book), awakening to natural and sometimes terrifying beauty, to family history, to the nuances of social life, to sexuality, to selfhood. A mother's romantic yearning for freedom, a father's roving career as an immigration officer, a beautiful sister's early demise, a host of other in very human situations--all contribute to the way Christine will view the world as a writer.

Author: Gabrielle Roy
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 11/01/1993
Pages: 247
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.32w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780803289475

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/15/1994 pg. 118

About the Author
Gabrielle Roy has been called the Canadian Willa Cather because of their affinity in style and theme. Street of Riches won both the Governor-General's Award for Fiction and the French Prix Duvernay.

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