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Between the Covers presents the final compelling episodes of Ascension

Posted by Words At Large Admin on November 12 at 12:00 AM

Steven GallowayA family of highwire performers rises to the pinnacle of the circus world in Steven Galloway’s novel Ascension (Vintage). The Ursaris have left behind a life of poverty and persecution in Europe, survived a circus fire and returned to the wire with a spectacular act. All of Salvo’s dreams appear to have come true.

Each episode is 15 to 17 minutes.

Episode 13: The Ursari family is back at the pinnacle of the circus world.

Episode 14: The remaining Ursaris can no longer stay together.

Episode 15: The threads of Salvo’s life come together.

Next week on the podcast, Lawrence Hill’s first novel Some Great Thing (Turnstone Press).

If you missed previous podcasts you can download them at Between the Covers podcasts.

And if you’re interested in readings of other Canadian books, check out the Hear A Reading page on the Between the Covers site. At the moment, you can listen to Brad Smith’s racetrack thriller All Hat (Penguin).

(Photo credit: Lee Henderson)

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