New girl in Little Cove / Damhnait Monaghan.
New girl in Little Cove / Damhnait Monaghan.
By
:
Monaghan, Damhnait.
Publication Date
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2021
Publication Information
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Toronto : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.,
Physical Description
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295 p.
Subject Term
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Women teachers -- Fiction.
Fishing villages -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Summary
:
It's 1985. Rachel O'Brien arrives in Little Cove seeking a fresh start after her father dies and her relationship ends. As a new teacher at the local Catholic high school, Rachel chafes against the small community, where everyone seems to know her business. The anonymous notes that keep appearing on her car, telling her to go home, don't make her feel welcome either. Still, Rachel is quickly drawn into the island's distinctive music and culture as well as the lives of her students and fellow teacher, Doug Bishop. As Rachel begins to bond with her students, her feelings for Doug also begin to grow. Rachel tries to ignore her emotions because Doug is in a long-distance relationship with his high school sweetheart. Or is he? Eventually, Rachel's beliefs clash with Church and community, and she makes a decision that throws her career into jeopardy. In trying to help a student, has she gone too far? Only the intervention of the Holy Dusters, local women who hook rugs and clean the church, can salvage Rachel's job as well as her chance at a future with Doug.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781443462693
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Bell Island | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Bonavista | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Botwood | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Burin | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Carbonear | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Clarenville | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Conception Bay South | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Corner Brook | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Deer Lake | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Gambo | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Gander | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Glovertown | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Grand Bank | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Holyrood | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Labrador City | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Lewisporte | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Old Perlican | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Pasadena | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Placentia | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Port aux Basques | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Rocky Harbour | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Springdale | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
St. Anthony | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | ADULT FIC NL - BASEMENT | Adult Fiction NL - Basement | FIC MON |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Fiction NL Reference - Conservation Room | FIC MON |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
St. Lawrence | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Torbay | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |
Twillingate | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC MON |