{"product_id":"ragged-company-paperback","title":"Ragged Company - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Wagamese\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour chronically homeless people-Amelia One Sky, Timber, Double Dick and Digger-seek refuge in a warm movie theatre when a severe Arctic Front descends on the city. During what is supposed to be a one-time event, this temporary refuge transfixes them. They fall in love with this new world, and once the weather clears, continue their trips to the cinema. On one of these outings they meet Granite, a jaded and lonely journalist who has turned his back on writing \"the same story over and over again\" in favour of the escapist qualities of film, and an unlikely friendship is struck. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA found cigarette package (contents: some unsmoked cigarettes, three $20 bills, and a lottery ticket) changes the fortune of this struggling set. The ragged company discovers they have won $13.5 million, but none of them can claim the money for lack proper identification. Enlisting the help of Granite, their lives, and fortunes, become forever changed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRagged Company\u003c\/b\u003e is a journey into both the future and the past. Richard Wagamese deftly explores the nature of the comforts these friends find in their ideas of \"home,\" as he reconnects them to their histories.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRICHARD WAGAMESE, an Ojibway from the Wabaseemoong First Nation in northwestern Ontario, was one of Canada's foremost writers. His acclaimed, bestselling novels included \u003ci\u003eKeeper'n Me\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eIndian Horse\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a Canada Reads finalist, winner of the inaugural Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature, and made into a feature film; and\u003ci\u003e Medicine Walk\u003c\/i\u003e. He was also the author of acclaimed memoirs, including \u003ci\u003eFor Joshua\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOne Native Life\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eOne Story, One Song\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature; as well as a collection of personal reflections, \u003ci\u003eEmbers\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award. He won numerous awards and recognition for his writing, including the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Media and Communications, the Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize, the Canada Reads People's Choice Award, and the Writers' Trust of Canada's Matt Cohen Award. Wagamese died on March 10, 2017, in Kamloops, B.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53454815789363,"sku":"9780385256940","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/ZFDAn4-YVZ9780385256940.webp?v=1781222812","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/ragged-company-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}