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Threatened with eviction, the obriens stay put until their death by black fever. He is the author of two collections of short stories, night driving and. His debut novel, the law of dreams, won the 2006 governor generals award for english fiction, and was shortlisted for the rogers writers trust fiction prize, the commonwealth writers prize, the cba libris award for fiction book of the year, and the amazon. May 01, 2008 the law of dreams is a brilliantly written novel about one of the most underrecognized events in the lives over 80,000,000 people scattered around the globe. The law of dreams npr coverage of the law of dreams by peter behrens. This debut novel follows an irish boy trying to escape the horrors of the potato famine in the 1840s. The law of dreams is a historical fiction novel about the great famine of ireland by canadian author peter behrens. In peter behrenss the law of dreams, winner of the governorgenerals literary award for englishlanguage fiction in 2006, the main character, a boy, is driven from home by forces well beyond his. Behrens, who published the short story collection night driving in 1987, vividly illuminates the primitive condition of his characters lives and the cruel and. Peter behrens transports the reader to another time and place for a resonant, unforgettable experience. Designed as a 5step goal and intention setting process, the law of attraction journal is a wonderful and attractive planner and journal made especially for the law of attraction manifestations, goal setting, focusing on feeling good and positive and stating gratitude. The law of dreams tells the story of a young mans epic passage. Peter behrens is the author of the law of dreams which received canadas governor generals literary award for fiction and was published around the world to wide acclaim and night driving, a collection of short stories.
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