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books:

A Company of Angels
Florence McNeil

Ekstasis Editions, 1999

Florence McNeil has long been admired for the depth of compassion in her poetry, writing poems of clarity and lucidity, through several previous books of poetry and a well-received adult novel, Breathing Each Others Air. In this new book, A Company of Angels she transforms the delicate details of a tentative and personal grief into a universal statement of feeling. She presents a dual sequence of poems, both heralding a company of angels, ...

All kinds of magic
Florence McNeil

Douglas & McIntyre, 1984

Sail Away

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Florence McNeil

Topeka Bindery, 2001

Sailing with an Imagination
Anyone who has been around boats knows that there is a whole separate language for boats. This book shows a little boy who can speak boat talk and who dreams of being the captain of a ship. The salty words paint a picture of an adventure--one which the illustrator joyfully interprets. This book is a definite must for anyone in the sailing community, young or old!

In the Slow Twilight of the Standing Stones
Florence McNeil

Ekstasis Editions, 2001

Poet Florence McNeil has long been known as a chronicler of British Columbia and Canada. In the Slow Twilight of the Standing Stones, her latest collection, explores the poet?s Scottish-Hebridean heritage. This powerful poetic memoir combines recollections of a Gaelic-speaking childhood in a Scottish-emigree community with contemplations on the mythic of Island of Barra in the Scottish Hebrides, home of the McNeil clan and before that, Druids, ...

Miss P and Me
Florence McNeil

I E Clark, 1982

Anxious to prove that she can dance, Jane is devastated when the new gym teacher won't let her dance in the school play.