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Bezig met laden... Downhill Chance (2002)door Donna Morrissey
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Donna Morrissey’s first novel, Kit’s Law, was enthusiastically acclaimed by readers and garnered a handsome clutch of awards and nominations, making it a daunting act to follow. Downhill Chance is a near match....Morrissey’s prose, threaded with echoes of Shakespeare, Carl Jung, and Joseph Campbell, is a perfect fit for her almost mythical story of fractured families, wars, and homecomings. For readers unfamiliar with fiction from The Rock, Downhill Chance may read at first like a fantasy, an alternate world with a strange variant language, its characters nursing ancient hurts or bent on redemptive quests. Yet the rural communities Morrissey so vividly depicts are not that far from those found in archetypal small-town Canada PrijzenOnderscheidingenErelijsten
There is no road to Rocky Head or The Basin, two tiny fishing hamlets hugging the isolated coves of Newfoundland. But remoteness is no barrier to the global reach of World War II which has its tragic impact, even here. Job Gale enlists in the army, leaving his distraught wife and two young daughters behind for a cause neither they nor their neighbours can understand. When Job returns at last, he is broken in body and tortured with a secret shame. Job's burden cascades over the family, afflicting his spirited young daughter Clair. Seeking escape, she becomes a teacher at nearby Rocky Head and falls in love with Luke. Clair and Luke struggle separately with their burdens, helping each other gain courage to confront their demons and disappointments. When they arrive at the summit they finally can see the clear path below. On the downhill journey, the load may not be lessened, but it feels lighter and easier to carry. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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