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Collins, Gerard, 1963-
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Fishing villages -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
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Collins, Gerard, 1963-
Fishing villages -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
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Moonlight
sketches
: a
short
story
collection
/ Gerard Collins.
by
Collins, Gerard, 1963-
Killick Press, c2011.
Call #:
FICTION COL
Subjects
Fishing villages -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781897174708 (trade pbk.)
1897174705 (trade pbk.)
Description:
193 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"Welcome to Darwin, Newfoundland, a small town with big secrets. On the surface, nothing ever changes and everyone is content. But the truth is as restless, cold, and mutable as the ocean in these sixteen linked
short
stories. In Darwin, people's secrets are hidden and their fears are buried. But night after night, the moon bears quiet witness to their brightest moments and darkest days. A Catholic girl finds herself pregnant and feels hopelessly trapped. An elderly couple fears the end of their happy, quiet life when their money sock goes missing. Two lesbians walk into the wrong bar on a Saturday night. A young teacher must rescue a student from her wicked father. A wild youth seeks to rectify his life, but first takes his bookish friend on one last heist. In '
Moonlight
Sketches
', Gerard Collins portrays a land of shadows, beyond the overpass, where cruelty and hope gnaw at your peace of mind as the brine patiently devours a wharf. With his trademark dark humour and a nod to the unknown, the author shines a light on the difficulty of being human and yet somehow surviving with grace, dignity, and a modicum of happiness."--Publisher.
Awards:
Winner of the Ches Crosbie Barrister Newfoundland Book Award for Fiction.
Genre:
Linked stories.
Short
stories.
Short
stories, Canadian.
Canadian fiction.
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