The raw light of morning / Shelly Kawaja.
The raw light of morning / Shelly Kawaja.
By
:
Kawaja, Shelly.
Publication Date
:
2022
Publication Information
:
St. John's, N.L. : Breakwater books,
Physical Description
:
260 p.
Subject Term
:
Coming of age -- Fiction.
Violence -- Fiction.
Poverty -- Fiction.
Family violence -- Fiction.
Small town life -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Summary
:
In her house at the back end of Woods Road, fourteen-year-old Laurel does something unimaginable. She commits an act of violence that fractures her family and forces them from their home. They move to a housing unit in the nearby town of Stephenville, where they find themselves trapped in a system of poverty, generational neglect, and trauma. For Laurel, education is her ticket out. But years later, in university, her violent past catches up with her. This time she has to save herself and she can't do it alone.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781550819465
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Bay St. George South | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
Carbonear | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
Clarenville | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
Codroy Valley | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
Conception Bay South | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
Fogo Island | Adult Fic NL - School | Adult Fiction NL - School | FIC KAW | |
Gander | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
Glovertown | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
Lourdes | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
Lumsden | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
Norris Point | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
Pouch Cove | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Fiction NL Reference - Conservation Room | FIC KAW | |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
St. Lawrence | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | NL |
St. Lawrence | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | SLA NL |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
Wabush | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |
Woody Point | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC KAW | |