The Town That Drowned - Softcover

Nason, Riel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0864926405 ISBN 13: 9780864926401

Publisher: Goose Lane Editions, 2011

Synopsis

"Weird, warm, and wonderful. . . . The Town That Drowned will pull you into its compassionate heart and imbue you with the portrait of a place not easily forgotten." -- Donna Morrissey, author of What They Wanted

"By turns charming, humorous and terrifying, Riel Nason's unique and compelling coming-of-age story is infused with warmth and insight and -- through artfully painted details of a richly textured community -- speaks to the transcendent power of human bonds." -- Carla Gunn, author of Amphibian

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

Living with an eccentric little brother can be tough. Falling through the ice at a skating party and nearly drowning are grounds for embarrassment. But having a vision and narrating it to assembled onlookers? That solidifies your status as an outcast.

What Ruby Carson saw during that fateful hallucination was her entire hometown -- houses and people -- floating underwater. Then an orange-tipped surveyor stake appears in a field, another in the cemetery. Soon everyone discovers that a massive dam is being constructed and their homes will eventually be swallowed by rising water. Suspicions mount, tempers flare, long-simmering secrets are revealed. As the town prepares for its demise, 14-year-old Ruby watches it all from a front-row seat.

Set in the 1960s, The Town That Drowned deftly evokes the awkwardness of childhood, the thrill of first love, and the importance of having a place, any place, to call home.

From the Inside Flap

Living with an eccentric little brother can be tough. Falling through the ice at a skating party and nearly drowning are grounds for embarrassment. But having a vision and narrating it to assembled onlookers? That solidifies your status as an outcast.

What Ruby Carson saw during that fateful hallucination was her entire hometown -- houses and people -- floating underwater. Then an orange-tipped surveyor stake appears in a field, another in the cemetery. Soon everyone discovers that a massive dam is being constructed and their homes will eventually be swallowed by rising water. Suspicions mount, tempers flare, long-simmering secrets are revealed. As the town prepares for its demise, 14-year-old Ruby watches it all from a front-row seat.

Set in the 1960s, The Town That Drowned deftly evokes the awkwardness of childhood, the thrill of first love, and the importance of having a place, any place, to call home.

Edition details

• Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0864926405
• ISBN 13: 9780864926401
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280