The Town That Drowned - Couverture souple

Nason, Riel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0864926405 ISBN 13 : 9780864926401

Editeur : Goose Lane Editions, 2011

Synopsis

Winner, Commonwealth Book Prize (Canada and Europe)
Winner, Frye Academy Award
Winner, Margaret and John Savage First Book Award
Finalist, CLA Young Adult Book Award
Finalist, Red Maple Award
Finalist, University of Canberra Book of the Year
Longlisted, IMPAC Dublin Award

Living with a weird brother in a small town can be tough enough. Having a spectacular fall through the ice at a skating party and nearly drowning are grounds for embarrassment. But having a vision and narrating it to the assembled crowd solidifies your status as an outcast.

What Ruby Carson saw during that fateful day was her entire town -- buildings and people -- floating underwater. Then an orange-tipped surveyor stake turns up in a farmer's field. Another is found in the cemetery. A man with surveying equipment is spotted eating lunch near Pokiok Falls. The residents of Haverton soon discover that a massive dam is being constructed and that most of their homes will be swallowed by the rising water. Suspicions mount, tempers flare, and secrets are revealed. As the town prepares for its own demise, 14-year-old Ruby Carson sees it all from a front-row seat.

Set in the 1960s, The Town That Drowned evokes the awkwardness of childhood, the thrill of first love, and the importance of having a place to call home. Deftly written in a deceptively unassuming style, Nason's keen insights into human nature and the depth of human attachment to place make this novel ripple in an amber tension of light and shadow.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Riel Nason is a writer and textile artist. She is the author of three novels (including one for middle-grade readers), a children's picture book, and two books on quilting. The Town That Drowned was her debut novel. It won the Commonwealth Book Prize for Canada and Europe and the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award. She lives in Quispamsis, New Brunswick.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Goose Lane Editions
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0864926405
• ISBN 13: 9780864926401
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible