A first novel by a Canadian author who lives in England and writes British English (which I chauvinistically much prefer). The Morrisons live on a remote farming settlement in Northern Ontario - Kate the narrator, her small sister and two much older brothers. The parents are killed by a runaway truck. This heartbreaking tale of their struggle to cope is told without a trace of sentimentality, but I often had a lump in my throat.
(Wendy Swann - bwl 24 June 2004 ) |
