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978-1-84659-086-3
Fiction/BIC: FA
July 2010
Paperback Original
B format
250pp
£7.99

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Andrew Kaufman is an accomplished writer, film maker, radio producer and regularly contributes to to McSweeney's website.

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The Waterproof Bible

Andrew Kaufman

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Rebecca has a most unusual problem: no matter how hard she tries, she can't stop broadcasting her feelings to people around her. Luckily, she's discovered how to trap and store her feelings in personal objects - but just how much emotional baggage can Unit 207, E.Z Self Storage hold?

Lewis is grieving for his wife, Lisa, Rebecca's sister. Inconsolable, he skips Lisa's funeral, flies to Winnipeg, gets a haircut and meets a woman who claims to be God.

At the wheel of stolen Honda Civic is Aberystwyth, aka Aby, driving across Canada to save the soul of her dying mother. She is green, gill-necked, and very comfortable out of water.

An unexpected encounter with Aby seys off a chain of events which sends each of them on a personal quest. Can Rebecca, Lewis, Aby find redemotion before a terrible flood destroys tehir chance at happiness?

A charming tale about love and the power of forgiveness.


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'The Waterproof Bible is a witty, poignant stroke of beauty that deftly explores deluges of desire and need, fear and faith.'
The Globe and Mail

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Cutting the cord, he laid the baby across the mother's stomach. Rebecca heard the thub-thub. She closed her eyes and the darkness was back. Rebecca began to feel calm.

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