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Sandra Birdsell's recent novel, was named as a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Awards.

The Canada Council for the Arts provides almost $450,000 for the Governor General’s Literary Awards. Each winner will receive $25,000 and a specially-bound copy of the winning book.

Waiting for Joe, published by Random House of Canada, charts a contemporary odyssey of loss and dispossession. Caring for an elderly parent while they slowly lose their tangible assets, Joe and Laurie confront both economic and emotional bankruptcy. The discoveries they make as their lives disintegrate effect a poignant and intense depiction of class and consumerism.