Il mondo oltre la baia
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788854504813 (8854504815)
Publish date: July 21st 2011
Publisher: Neri Pozza
Pages no: 365
Edition language: Italian
In the early 1900’s Idella and Avis Hillock live on a bluff on the coast of New Brunswick. It’s a “hardscrabble” life of potato farming and lobster trapping. Despite the harshness of life they have a loving family so life is good. Until their mother dies in childbirth.Spanning 70 years, this book...
Clearly I'm in the minority here as I just did not *get* this book. The "Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay" are Idella and Avis Hillock. The Hillocks eke out a rough life in Bay Chaleur, New Brunswick. Their mother dies during childbirth and they end up being raised by their father, who most definitely ...