Gaff topsails : a novel
A day in the life of a fishing village in Newfoundland. The wife of a fisherman rocks a baby while awaiting her husband's return, boys explore an iceberg, a priest recalls an old love and the lighthouse keeper staggers, drunk. It is June 24, 1948, the feast of Jean the Baptist, the bringer of l...
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New York
Viking,
1998
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| Edition: | English : 1st American ed |
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| Summary: | A day in the life of a fishing village in Newfoundland. The wife of a fisherman rocks a baby while awaiting her husband's return, boys explore an iceberg, a priest recalls an old love and the lighthouse keeper staggers, drunk. It is June 24, 1948, the feast of Jean the Baptist, the bringer of light, and come nightfall bonfires will light the headlands. |
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| Physical Description: | 433 p. ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780140281392 |