A mute Mayan girl held captive in a crate in the Guatemalan jungle, a big-city psychoanalyst with a rescue complex, and a journalist with a broken heart are the characters in Sheila Dalton’s second literary novel.
Caitlin Shaughnessy, a Canadian journalist, discovers that Inez, a traumatized young Mayan woman originally from Guatemala, has killed Caitlin’s psychoanalyst partner, Dr. Jerry Simpson. Simpson brought the girl, who may be autistic, back to Canada as an act of mercy and to attempt to treat her obvious trauma. Cailin desperately needs to find out why this terrible incident occurred so she can find the strength to forgive and move on with her life.
Inez, whose sense of wonder and innocence touches all who meet her, becomes a focal point for many of the Canadians who encounter her. As Caitlin struggles to uncover the truth about Inez’s relationship with Jerry, Inez struggles to break free of the projections of others. Each must confront her own anger and despair. The doctors in the north have an iciness that matches their surroundings, a kind of clinical armour that Caitlin must penetrate if she is to reach Inez.
The Girl in the Box is a psychological drama of the highest order and a gripping tale of intrigue and passion.
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- C813/.54
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
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- 9781459701083 9781926607269
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- G57 2011eb
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- 1 electronic text (382 p.)
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- The Girl in the Box 5
- Copyright 6
- Chapter One 9
- Chapter Two 27
- Chapter Three 33
- Chapter Four 40
- Chapter Five 46
- Chapter Six 55
- Chapter Seven 64
- Chapter Eight 75
- Chapter Nine 81
- Chapter Ten 98
- Chapter Eleven 108
- Chapter Twelve 117
- Chapter Thirteen 129
- Chapter Fourteen 137
- Chapter Fifteen 146
- Chapter Sixteen 160
- Chapter Seventeen 172
- Chapter Eighteen 178
- Chapter Nineteen 188
- Chapter Twenty 200
- Chapter Twenty-One 213
- Chapter Twenty-Two 232
- Chapter Twenty-Three 238
- Chapter Twenty-Four 247
- Chapter Twenty-Five 260
- Chapter Twenty-Six 264
- Chapter Twenty-Seven 273
- Chapter Twenty-Eight 280
- Chapter Twenty-Nine 291
- Chapter Thirty 305
- Chapter Thirty-One 307
- Chapter Thirty-Two 313
- Chapter Thirty-Three 324
- Chapter Thirty-Four 331
- Chapter Thirty-Five 346
- Chapter Thirty-Six 358
- Chapter Thirty-Seven 373
- Chapter Thirty-Eight 380
- Acknowledgements 383
- More from Dundurn 385