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Ragged Company

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Ragged Company

Written by: Richard Wagamese
Narrated by: Monique Mojica, J.D. Nicholsen, Benjamin Blais, Wesley French
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Four chronically homeless people–Amelia One Sky, Timber, Double Dick and Digger–seek refuge in a warm movie theatre when a severe Arctic Front descends on the city. During what is supposed to be a one-time event, this temporary refuge transfixes them. They fall in love with this new world, and once the weather clears, continue their trips to the cinema. On one of these outings they meet Granite, a jaded and lonely journalist who has turned his back on writing “the same story over and over again” in favour of the escapist qualities of film, and an unlikely friendship is struck.

A found cigarette package (contents: some unsmoked cigarettes, three $20 bills, and a lottery ticket) changes the fortune of this struggling set. The ragged company discovers they have won $13.5 million, but none of them can claim the money for lack proper identification. Enlisting the help of Granite, their lives, and fortunes, become forever changed.

Ragged Company is a journey into both the future and the past, told by an accomplished full cast which includes, in order of appearance:
Monique Mojica as AMELIA ONE SKY
Benjamin Blais as DIGGER
J.D. Nicholsen as TIMBER
Douglas Hughes as GRANITE
Wesley French as DOUBLE DICK Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction World Literature Native American Feel-Good Tearjerking Heartfelt Thought-Provoking Tobacco
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What the critics say

“Wagamese writes with brutal clarity…. [and] finds alleviating balance through magical legend and poetic swells of sensate imagery.”
— The Globe and Mail

“[Ragged Company] has … melancholy tenderness and spiritual yearning. Wagamese evokes each character’s consciousness and history with compassion, deep understanding and a knowledge of street life.”
— Vancouver Sun

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I listen to books at work while performing my tasks and this book made me excited to go to work. It is an amazing story that tells the lives of people we often walk by or ignore. Everyone has a story. I cried and I laughed and I celebrated and mourned alongside all of the characters. You will not be disappointed in this book - except the fact it ends!

I LOVED this book! Amazing story.

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A book about four homeless people and one lonely upper middle class man, and about love and friendship, and above all —about connection. Richard Wagamese has a wonderful way of teaching us love and compassion to even the most wary of us. I kept thinking I knew what would happen next, and yet I was almost always wrong. A wonderful read!

Absolutely loved this book!

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I don’t generally write reviews but this book needs to be praised. It gives a look into the lives of the homeless. Not all homeless but those with a story that broke them. I highly recommend this book to open up your hearts to those who need our help.

Amazing Story!

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Joy and sorrow, pain and comfort, it's a story teeming with life as most of us don't know it. It's worth knowing. It's an incredible story that will be with me always.

Heartwarming and heartbreaking

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A beautiful story rich and deep. Each character’s life story was to old with careful layers that ebbed and flowed into the others. A story a of loss, friendship and loyalty. I couldn’t put it down.

My favorite author and story teller

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