The innocents. [large print]
The innocents. [large print]
By
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Crummey, Michael, 1965-
Publication Date
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2020
Publication Information
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[S.I.] : Center Point large print,
Physical Description
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365 p.
Subject Term
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Large type books.
Siblings -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Loyalty -- Fiction.
Social isolation -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
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Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Summary
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A brother and sister are orphaned in an isolated cove on Newfoundland's northern coastline. Their home is a stretch of rocky shore governed by the feral ocean, by a relentless pendulum of abundance and murderous scarcity. Still children with only the barest notion of the outside world, they have nothing but the family's boat and the little knowledge passed on haphazardly by their mother and father to keep them. As they fight for their own survival through years of meagre catches and storms and ravaging illness, it is their fierce loyalty to each other that motivates and sustains them. But as seasons pass and they wade deeper into the mystery of their own natures, even that loyalty will be tested. This novel is richly imagined and compulsively readable, a riveting story of hardship and survival, and an unflinching exploration of the bond between brother and sister. By turns electrifying and heartbreaking, it is a testament to the bounty and barbarity of the world, to the wonders and strangeness of our individual selves.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781643585239
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Mount Pearl (AMP) R. King | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC CRU | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC CRU | Checked out |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult Fic NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Fiction NL Reference - Conservation Room | FIC CRU | NonCirculating |