Sointula.
Sointula.
By
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Gaston, Bill, 1953-
Publication Date
:
2004
Subject Term
:
Psychological fiction.
Canadian fiction.
Summary
:
Summoned to the deathbed of a long-ago lover, Evelyn is overcome by emotion. Off her medications, she impulsively steals a kayak and embarks on a quest that takes her deep into the Canadian wilderness in order to find her lost son, Tom. On the way to Sointula, a remote fishing village off Vancouver Island, she gains a traveling companion, Peter Gore, a writer working on the quintessential book on the region. Stymied by illness, writer's block, and whiskey, Peter makes an unlikely and unreliable shipmate and paramour. Tom, the survivor of a gunshot wound that slowed his speech and his drug-dealing, finds solace in his isolated life, collecting data for a whale researcher. As Evelyn and Peter approach, Tom waits for the whales' irregular visits to the water's edge.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781551927190
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Port Saunders (NPS) | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC GAS | Checked In |