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Sep 01, 2013Liber_vermis rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This chronicle of the daily struggle for subsistence in an isolated outport fishing hamlet in Newfound Land unfolds to the pace of the seasons over about a 30 year period in the early 1800s. The final chapters contrast with the prior part with its first person point of view and time shift. Were these chapters for the publisher to get to 250 pages or by the author to set the stage for the sequel? This novel would have benefited from a glossary of local jargon such as brin bag, streel, yaffle, and sunker.