Joan Clark (2) (1934–2023)

"Of the ten tousand icebergs calved in Greenland each year, nabout one tenth crossed the latitude of 48 degrees north, half that number made it to the latitude of 46 degrees, few of these would make it past the tail end of the Banks at t the latitude of 43 degees. Because Newfoundland was roughly between 46 and 51 degrees north, it was smack in the middle of the latitudes of melt. Every year icebergs drifted down the Labrador Current to ground the island's coves and bays."

The book tells the life of a woman, Born Annie Rose and renamed Aurora after her rescue as a little child. Nobody knows where she comes from and she is so content of her present life that she doesn't look for the other one. Only after her niece Sheila looks for her tracks back in Ireland, the truth about her origin is fully revealedand Aurora can have her Birthday's Party surrounded by her loving family, except for her late beloved husband Tom.

Played both in Newfoundland and Ireland, this book creates and amazing link with some of the great Canadian ancestors.

An awkward change in the narration:

pag.266 "She (Mary, Aurora's mother) survived the sinking and moved to the States. In any case she had no child."

pag. 305 "..... I mean, the wreck is her mother's (Mary) grave."

pag. 328 "....He (Stan, Aurora's son) thinks about his grandmother (Mary) who died in these waters"
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"En dag får Robin ett erbjudande som han inte kan tacka nej till: han blir tillfrågad om han vill att följa med sin farbror Edward på en lång seglats. Det är meningen att Robin ska sköta en speciell pump som hans pappa har uppfunnit.
Robin tycker det låter jättespännande. Han ser det som sin stora chans att uppleva äventyr och spänning, och det är just vad det blir, men inte riktigt på det sätt som han hade tänkt sig. Farbror Edwards skepp visar sig nämligen vara ett slavskepp och Edward själv visar snart att han är en hård och grym man..."… (más)

I read this one a few times when I was about eleven and I quite liked the macabre aspects of it. I was fascinated by the mysterious "Money Pit" on Oak Island. I wanted it to be true so badly! Around this time I'd gone to a symposium for this program I was in and they'd introduced us to all kinds of strange mysteries and theories that have unsatisfying conclusions—the Philadelphia Experiment, Mayan crystal skulls, that kind of thing—and I never cared if they were true or not. I loved being in suspense and lived in that moment of believing in possibilities. Also loved anything set in Canada, and feel as if I read a far greater amount of Canadian writing as a kid than I do now.… (más)