The Singing Ship

Rebecca Winterer

ISBN 10: 0692904638 / ISBN 13: 9780692904633

Published by Web Del Sol Association Jul 2017, 2017

About this Item

Neuware - Two teenage sisters--Bernadette, the explorer and skeptic; and Jane, the Christian optimist--engage in an unorthodox battle for the truth of their attack in the Australian bush. As they grow up, each seeks refuge in their own world: Bernadette in the maps and writings of the 19th century explorer Charles Stuart, Jane in her faith and teaching. Their parents, Audrey and Robert, unaware of what's happened, deal with their own break in the security of their marriage. Audrey copes by creating a button quilt, its patterns an intricate topography hinting at the family's secrets and betrayals, while, as a form of penance, their father inventories the buttons sent from all over the country by friends, strangers, and schoolchildren. As the quilt grows to epic proportions, and the years pass with the growing burden of what's unsaid, and denied, and hidden, each character bends the boundaries of time and memory to negotiate with the trauma that has separated them from themselves and each other.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Singing Ship
• Publisher: Web Del Sol Association Jul 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0692904638
• ISBN 13: 9780692904633
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 13D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 290 grams

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Synopsis

Two teenage sisters--Bernadette, the explorer and skeptic; and Jane, the Christian optimist--engage in an unorthodox battle for the truth of their attack in the Australian bush. As they grow up, each seeks refuge in their own world: Bernadette in the maps and writings of the 19th century explorer Charles Stuart, Jane in her faith and teaching. Their parents, Audrey and Robert, unaware of what's happened, deal with their own break in the security of their marriage. Audrey copes by creating a button quilt, its patterns an intricate topography hinting at the family's secrets and betrayals, while, as a form of penance, their father inventories the buttons sent from all over the country by friends, strangers, and schoolchildren. As the quilt grows to epic proportions, and the years pass with the growing burden of what's unsaid, and denied, and hidden, each character bends the boundaries of time and memory to negotiate with the trauma that has separated them from themselves and each other.

About the Author

Rebecca Winterer was awarded the Del Sol Press 2016 First Novel Prize and selected as a finalist for the Black Lawrence Press 2016 Big Moose Prize. She’s received fellowships at the Millay Colony, the Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, and Yaddo; and has had a story published by Puerto del Sol. She holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College and an MS in Physical Therapy from Columbia University. Raised in Queensland, Australia, she now lives in San Francisco, California with her husband. The Singing Ship is her first novel.