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Can I read Life on Mars on EtoBox?

Life on Mars by McNulty, Lori, author is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Life on Mars about?

Shortlisted, 2017 Danuta Gleed Literary AwardA middle-aged sportswriter gets a new lease on life with a heart transplant and develops an intimate relationship with his donated heart. Two brothers find in their rotting family tree the tangled roots of a dark childhood memory. A young woman travels to Thailand to reconnect body and soul and returns home, physically transformed, to face the wrath of her estranged mother. A divorced man struggling to rediscover his place in the world hits the road from California to Newfoundland, guided by an irascible, talking squid. Life on Mars, Lori McNulty's wild debut collection sears the heart with blinding black humour and whiplash-fast prose. With a faultless talent for juxtaposing the absurd with the everyday, violence and discord with redemption and metamorphosis, McNulty takes readers on an unexpected ride into the core of human existence. Blending aesthetic styles that range from high realism to the fable-esque, Life on Mars exhumes life's numbing tragedies and exhilarating passions with ravenous appetite. These are raw, moving, strange stories — an unforgettable reckoning for our disconnected times.

Who reads Life on Mars?

It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.

Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.

Author
McNulty, Lori, author
Publisher
Fredericton, New Brunswick: Goose Lane Editions
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9780864928887
Category
children's
Subjects
Short Stories, Children'S, Fiction
Rating
3.9 / 5 (10 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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