Sharing a Robin's Life
{{Short description|1993 non-fiction book by Linda Johns}}
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{{Infobox book
| name = Sharing a Robin's Life
| image = Sharing a Robin's Life book cover.jpg
| caption = First edition cover of Canadian release
| author = Linda Johns
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| country = Canada
| subject =
| genre = non-fiction, bookGoodreads, [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2582382-sharing-a-robin-s-life Sharing a Robin's Life], Book review, Retrieved November 21, 2012
| publisher = Nimbus Publishing
| pub_date = July 1, 1993
| media_type = Print (hardback and paperback)
| pages = 164 pp.
| isbn = 9781551090559
| oclc =
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Sharing a Robin's Life is a non-fiction book, written by Canadian writer Linda Johns, first published in July 1993 by Nimbus Publishing. In the book, the author writes in first person prose; describing when she and a robin, she had nurtured from peril, cohabited; and shared their life and home. The judges who awarded Linda Johns the "Edna Staebler Award" called the book; "a remarkable" read, saying it "challenges our preconceptions" about the "natural world around us."Faculty of Arts, 1994, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121001115341/https://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11319 Edna Staebler Award], Wilfrid Laurier University, Previous winners, Linda Johns, Retrieved November 21, 2012
Awards and honours
Sharing a Robin's Life received the 1994 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction".
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.lyghtesome.ns.ca/Artists/ljohns/LindaJohns.html Linda Johns], Art, Books, and Contact Information, Retrieved November 21, 2012
- Linda Johns, [http://www.lyghtesome.ns.ca/Artists/ljohns/booknotes.html#Sharing Sharing a Robin's Life], Excerpt, Retrieved November 21, 2012
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Category:Canadian non-fiction books
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