Downhill Chance - Softcover

Morrissey, Donna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618189270 ISBN 13: 9780618189274

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2003

Synopsis

With Kit's Law, Donna Morrissey established herself as a gifted storyteller. Her chronicle of life in a remote Newfoundland outport was acclaimed by critics and embraced by readers worldwide. Downhill Chance is a captivating successor to Morrissey's first novel. Set in a pair of isolated fishing communities in Newfoundland during and after the Second World War, this is the story of two families joined by friendship but torn apart by fear and sorrows.

Prude Osmond reads her tea leaves and predicts dark days ahead. Meanwhile, an hour's boat ride away, Job Gale leaves his wife and two young daughters behind to fight in the war, a cause neither they nor their neighbors understand. The war and the dark secrets it holds cascade over the Gale family, afflicting the sensitive yet resourceful Clair, an unforgettable heroine. Forced to restart her life in another place, she must forsake the family she loves and her community.

Morrissey blends drama, gritty realism, and a flair for the comic in this unique novel. At its core is the unravelling of secrets -- and the redemption that truth ultimately brings.

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Review:

Morrissey's prose, threaded with echoes of Shakespeare,Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell, is a perfect fit for her almost mythical story of fractured families, wars and homecoming (Quill and Quire)

A masterful, compelling story, which is magnificently created (The Telegram)

Downhill Chance proves Morrissey's talent goes well beyond crafting a good Newfoundland outport tale . . .These are huge themes, as old as the idea of story telling itself (Globe & Mail Toronto)

A Newfoundland Thomas Hardy, Morrissey's work is a performance, an almost oral folk epic (The Globe and Mail, Toronto)

Downhill Chance proves Morrissey's talent goes well beyond crafting a good Newfoundland outport tale . . .These are huge themes, as old as the idea of story telling itself (Times-Colonist)

'remote communities of White Bay are vividly rendered... solid, reassuring novel' - Glasgow Herald (Glasgow Herald)

Book Description:

She's been compared to Hardy, Faulkner, Shakespeare and Jung. Find out why Donna Morrissey's tale of secrets and sorrows in Second World War Newfoundland is winning rave reviews...

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0618189270
• ISBN 13: 9780618189274
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 444