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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. This novel is a really lovely book. There are two stories related- one in 1820 on a small Newfoundland outpost and the other in the present as two historians try to track down any Jewish people by the name of Harris in early Newfoundland. The book begins with a phrase that Rosehannah Quint, a fourteen year old orphan sews into a seam -" My father has married me to a mad old man." With that beginning we learn about the history of Jacob Harris and how he ends up on the outpost of Ireland's Eye. Interspersed with the story are the present day letters between a retired historian from Newfoundland and an Israeli researcher living in London who both are looking for the same person. The story is about the everyday life and work of fisherman, traders and the women who live in remote settlements in 1820. Beautifully written. ( ) sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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"My father has married me to a mad old man." These words, written on a slip of paper inside a fading brocade collar, are a clue to the unlikely marriage of a Jewish remittance man and a 14-year-old orphan in a remote Newfoundland fishing station. More curious still are the connections that entangle a retired schoolteacher and an Israeli scholar almost two centuries later. When the bereaved Rosehannah Quint and her mysterious "mister" retreat into winter quarters at the back of Ireland's Eye, the two begin to develop an understanding based on curiosity as well as upon need - an understanding that works its way down the years. The Winterhouse is a compelling novel about finding oneself and creating one's own community. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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