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Heave : a novel / Christy Ann Conlin.

by Conlin, Christy Ann.

Doubleday Canada, c2002.

Families -- Nova Scotia -- Fiction.

Reminiscing -- Fiction.

Mental illness -- Fiction.

Annapolis Valley (N.S.) -- Fiction.

Nova Scotia -- Fiction.

9789385658089 (Anchor Canadian ed. 2003)

0385658087 (Anchor Canadian ed. 2003)

322 p. ; 22 cm.

"The story begins on the wedding day of Seraphina Sullivan - a twenty-one-year-old party girl from rural Nova Scotia - as she dashes from the altar on the run of her life. From the pastoral countryside of the rural Maritimes to the bars of London, England, and through mental hospital wards and rehab centres, Serrie (as she's better known) embarks on an exhilarating and poignant journey of self-discovery. Memories loop throughout the book as Serrie searches for a sense of equanimity. She is surrounded by off-beat characters - her Grammie Islay, the sardonic family matriarch; and her father, Cyril, the gentle eccentric who devotes his life to his collection of outhouses; Dearie, the anglicized Acadian who wants to go to New Orleans to find her Cajun relatives; and Elizabeth, who would like nothing better than to spend the rest of her life picking strawberries. Feisty and gentle, Heave reveals truths with wry humour and compassion, and reminds us of the importance of forgiveness."--Back cover Canadian ed.

Psychological fiction.

Bildungsromans.

Canadian fiction.

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