Dora Borealis

By Daccia Bloomfield

A great love comes with bells...

Flip is an unemployed writer with a heart of gold and limited social skills -- he's also very much in love. And you? You're invited to witness the carnage... .

It's a story we're all familiar with: just as the right girl finally comes along, Flip's leg is broken, his roommate has gone nuts, and his father's threatening to cut him off by cancelling his credit cards... . And then there's that other small matter -- he's still in love with Belle, the ghost he met when he was eight.

Thank God he's well taken care of -- how does anyone manage this kind of thing alone?

Daccia Bloomfield's Dora Borealis is a not-quite-coming-of-age novel and a good old-fashioned love letter written in the era of the open relationship. Set against the backdrop of Toronto's insular art scene (itself haunted by the ghost of meaning), this story about connection (in a town hooked on missed connections) explores what it means to be truly haunted.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550228579
• ISBN13: 9781550228571
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Misfit Book
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Expensive Eccentricities

An unexpected and fresh novel, /Dora Borealis/ centers around a socially inept and awkward writer, Flip, who is lost in Toronto's upscale culture, or lack thereof. Pursuing (although "running away from" may be more accurate) two women, one of which may not exist, he finds himself in even more weird situations than usual, which is saying quite a lot for such an oddball of a guy. Not disappointing, and bringing a clever plot line to the table, Bloomfield has done a superb job with /Dora Borealis/. With interesting characters (something which is unfortunately becoming harder and harder to find in novels) that do interesting and strange things, it is too weird and original to lose your attention, no matter how small the span.