If we caught fire / Beth Ryan.
If we caught fire / Beth Ryan.
By
:
Ryan, Beth.
Publication Date
:
2023
Publication Information
:
St. John's, N.L. : Breakwater Books,
Physical Description
:
247 p.
Subject Term
:
Secrecy -- Fiction.
Death -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Summary
:
When her mother decides to remarry, Edie’s calm and orderly life is knocked off kilter. The groom’s son, Harlow, is a joyful adventurer who shows up for the wedding and quickly recruits Edie as his sidekick. Just when she thinks she’s figured him out, Harlow reveals a depth and darkness she didn’t see coming. Edie and Harlow—and their new unwieldy family—do an elaborate dance all summer, trying to discover what they are to one another. By Labour Day, they’ve created connections, tested boundaries, and found they’ve come together and apart in unexpected ways. Edie and Harlow navigate the world in disguise, creating personas that they believe hide their pain and vulnerability. The characters struggle to define themselves and others, to make sense of how they feel and act, to understand what they value and need. As they try to form connections with one another, they realize that labels can both create clarity and impose limits. Their families have been shaken by death, trauma, addiction, secrecy, and infidelity, which leaves them all feeling unsteady as they try to form a new blended family.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781550819670
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number |
---|
Baie Verte | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Bay Roberts | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Bonavista | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Botwood | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Burgeo | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Burin | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Carbonear | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Carmanville | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Clarenville | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Conception Bay South | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Corner Brook | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Deer Lake | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Gambo | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Gander | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Glovertown | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Grand Bank | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Harbour Breton | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Holyrood | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
L'Anse Au Loup | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Labrador City | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Lewisporte | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Old Perlican | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Pasadena | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Placentia | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Port aux Basques | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Port Saunders | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Springdale | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
St. Anthony | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Fiction NL Reference - Conservation Room | FIC RYA |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
St. Lawrence | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Torbay | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Twillingate | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |
Wabush | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC RYA |