The place.
The place.
By
:
Collins, Gary, 1949-
Publication Date
:
2019
Publication Information
:
St. John's, N. L. : Flanker Press Limited,
Physical Description
:
225 p.
Subject Term
:
Small town life -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Summary
:
In a small, isolated outport no the northeast coast of Newfoundland toward the end of the nineteenth century - where nothing of note ever seems to happen - a woman is brutally attacked, and a murder-suicide is committed. The age-old rift between young lovers of different religions becomes a challenge, one which is met head-on, and though it is overcome in a physical sense, it carries severe emotional consequences. A woman's successful manipulation leads to an untimely death and a lifetime of hatred. Read about a time long ago, when lamplight bent its glow through single panes of windows upon gravel paths - when men worked hard, and women harder. From the peaceful waters of Newfoundland, sail away with the boys to the war in Suvia Bay - and fight there with the men. Survive on food that you caught, grew, and hunted. Live in a home carried out of the forest on your shoulder and built by your own hand. And learn why, despite the toil, the loneliness, the unchanging way of life, and the many hardships, even those who sailed away from the Place never left for good.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781771177696
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Baie Verte | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Bay Roberts | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Bonavista | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Botwood | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Burin | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Carbonear | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Centreville | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Conception Bay South | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Corner Brook | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Deer Lake | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Fogo Island | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Gambo | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Garnish | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Greenspond | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Hare Bay | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Holyrood | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Labrador City | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Lewisporte | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Musgrave Harbour - John B. Wheeler Public Library | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Springdale | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
St. Alban's | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
St. Brides's | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Fiction NL Reference - Conservation Room | FIC COL |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL Ref - Prov Coll | Adult Fiction NL Reference Provincial Collection | FIC COL |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Summerford | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Torbay | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |
Twillingate | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC COL |