Mary Lawson
1) Crow Lake
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Series
Language
English
Description
Crow Lake is that rare find, a first novel so quietly assured, so emotionally pitch perfect, you know from the opening page that this is the real thing—a literary experience in which to lose yourself, by an author of immense talent.
Here is a gorgeous, slow-burning story set in the rural “badlands” of northern Ontario, where heartbreak and hardship are mirrored in the landscape. For the farming Pye family, life...
Here is a gorgeous, slow-burning story set in the rural “badlands” of northern Ontario, where heartbreak and hardship are mirrored in the landscape. For the farming Pye family, life...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"As Solace opens, we meet a Northern Ontario family in crisis: their rebellious teenage daughter, Rose, has disappeared. Weeks have passed with no word, but still Rose's little sister, Clara, keeps a daily vigil at the living-room window, hoping that Rose will come back. Feisty and fierce, Clara is not only missing Rose; she is also missing her elderly friend and next-door neighbour, Mrs. Orchard, a retired schoolteacher who is away in hospital. While...
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
341 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Leaving her dysfunctional family to start over in London, a young Canadian woman reflects on the dreamy mother, apathetic father, and rambunctious younger brothers who wholly depend on her for their daily needs.