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| Original Title: | Heave |
| ISBN: | 0385658079 (ISBN13: 9780385658072) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Christy-Ann Conlin
Hardcover | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.59 | 181 Users | 17 Reviews
Interpretation Concering Books Heave
Bursting with wonder and delicate despair, Serrie Sullivan longs for the world, but she’s trapped, just like Dorothy in Oz. Serrie’s got a nasty secret. It’s festering inside her, because in the gothic Annapolis Valley, hey, that’s what you do — you never show and you never, ever tell.As she dashes from her wedding altar on the run of her life, ardently wanting to understand what has brought her to this moment, Serrie sweeps us up in an exhilarating and poignant journey from rural Nova Scotia to London bars, to strip clubs by the docks, through mental hospital wards and rehab centres, back to quiet verandahs and porch swings in serene Lupin Cove. Along the way we meet a delightful array of off-beat characters including Serrie’s best friends, Dearie and Elizabeth: Dearie, the anglicized Acadian who wants to go to New Orleans to find her Cajun relatives, and Elizabeth, who would like nothing better than to spend the rest of her life picking strawberries.
Heave explores the joys and agonies of family, of what one generation inherits from the next, and of how past and present are inexorably linked. Memories weave through the book as Serrie searches for equanimity in a life that intoxicates her with its beauty as it knocks her to her knees.
Particularize Of Books Heave
| Title | : | Heave |
| Author | : | Christy-Ann Conlin |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | January 8th 2002 by Doubleday Canada |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. Canada. Contemporary |
Rating Of Books Heave
Ratings: 3.59 From 181 Users | 17 ReviewsComment On Of Books Heave
Wonderful book written by my former creative writing teacher.Like the author, I live in Nova Scotia - in what is referred to in the book as 'the city' - and my familiarity with the Annapolis Valley setting played a part in my interest in this novel.This is a powerful book. I must say I was somewhat unprepared for the heaping helpings of human unhappiness and tragedy captured so unsparingly in its pages. I did think that one of the tragedies was a bit on the gratuitous side. But there is no denying Conlin's very large talents. I look forward to reading her
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The review that inspired reading: �tragic and uplifting tale of small town NS� For me, not worth finishing. The NS �way with words� didn�t counter the failure to connect with the main character
Oh this was a hard read, the kind where you want to smack most of the characters upside the head and say, "Stop self-destructing!" But of course that never works, not in real life and not in good literature. Heave is one of the more realistic portrayals of modern rural Nova Scotian life I've read. It ain't your great-great grandmother's Valley, that's for sure. Its brilliance is its characters, who are charming yet often spiteful, nasty people with bitter pasts, psychotic family dynamics and
The title of this book comes from a line in a song called "Farewell To Nova Scotia": "When I am far away on the briny ocean tossed Will you ever heave a sigh and a wish for me?"The lyrics and the Celtic lilt of in the music stir up a sadness, a longing for something better that perfectly describes the tone of this book.The book opens with Seraphina Sullivan, a troubled 21 year old from rural Nova Scotia, fleeing - in wedding dress, veil and high heels - from the church in which she was about to
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