From House of Anansi Press:
A finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Governor General's Literary Award, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and a #1 national bestseller, Kathleen Winter's spectacular debut novel is now available in a new edition.
In 1968, into the beautiful, spare environment of remote coastal Labrador, a mysterious child is born: a baby who appears to be neither fully boy nor girl, but both at once. Only three people are privy to the secret — the baby's parents, Jacinta and Treadway, and a trusted neighbour, Thomasina. Together the adults make a difficult decision: to raise the child as a boy named Wayne. But as Wayne grows into adulthood within the hyper-masculine hunting culture of his father, his shadow-self — a girl he thinks of as "Annabel" — is never entirely extinguished, and indeed is secretly nurtured by the women in his life.
Haunting and sweeping in scope, Annabel is an unforgettable novel about a one person's struggle to discover the truth in a culture that shuns contradiction.
Winner of the Independent Literary Awards 2010
Winner of the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award 2011
Selected for the New York Times Editors' Choice 2011
Selected for the Globe and Mail Top 100 Books of the Year 2010
Selected for the Quill and Quire Books of the Year 2010
Selected for the Amazon.ca Best Books of the Year 2010
Short-listed for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award 2011
Short-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2010
Short-listed for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize 2010
Short-listed for the Governor General's Award: Fiction 2010
Selected for the Vancouver Sun Top 10 Canadian Books of the Year 2010
Short-listed for the OLA Evergreen Award 2011
Short-listed for the CBC Bookies: Best Overall Book 2011
Short-listed for the CBC Bookies: Best Scene 2011
Short-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011
Long-listed for the ReLit Awards: Novel 2011
Long-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2011