Selkie Dreams: Celtic Knot Series
Autor Kristin Gleesonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 noi 2015
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ISBN-13: 9780993156779
ISBN-10: 0993156770
Pagini: 388
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: An Tig Beag Press
Colecția Celtic Knot Series
Seria Celtic Knot Series
ISBN-10: 0993156770
Pagini: 388
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: An Tig Beag Press
Colecția Celtic Knot Series
Seria Celtic Knot Series
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Belfast, 1895. Haunted by her mother's death, Maire McNair is lured by the selkie myth to the promise of the Alaskan wilds to fulfill her dream of finding acceptance. Cunning and determination get her there in the guise of teaching at the Tlingit Indian mission. But Alaska proves more complex and difficult than she imagined, and the hope that this new place would transform her is elusive as ever. The censorious Mrs. Paxson, the wife of the trading post manager, constantly finds fault with Maire's efforts. She has her own plans and Maire is in the way. Natsilane is the Tlingit erstwhile mission protege. He finds himself battling Maire's naive views and prejudices as he seeks to regain his own cultural identity, but he cannot escape his past with the mission, nor can he or Maire escape the mutual attraction they feel. In a world that permits no rule breakers, will the power of myths trump all?
Belfast, 1895. Haunted by her mother's death, Maire McNair is lured by the selkie myth to the promise of the Alaskan wilds to fulfill her dream of finding acceptance. Cunning and determination get her there in the guise of teaching at the Tlingit Indian mission. But Alaska proves more complex and difficult than she imagined, and the hope that this new place would transform her is elusive as ever. The censorious Mrs. Paxson, the wife of the trading post manager, constantly finds fault with Maire's efforts. She has her own plans and Maire is in the way. Natsilane is the Tlingit erstwhile mission protege. He finds himself battling Maire's naive views and prejudices as he seeks to regain his own cultural identity, but he cannot escape his past with the mission, nor can he or Maire escape the mutual attraction they feel. In a world that permits no rule breakers, will the power of myths trump all?
Recenzii
"I don't know if "Selkie Dreams" is the first novel to combine the story of a lonely nineteenth century Belfast childhood, a Presbyterian mission in Alaska, and the life and culture of the Alaskan native people, the Tlingit, that the mission serves, but I do know that this is a beautifully calibrated and vivid and interesting historical novel about love and death in the North American wilderness, that the characters are fascinating, that the evocation of the natural world and the social customs and practices of Tlingit is assured and convincing, and that the story, albeit melancholy, is unfailingly engaging. I wish it well."
--Carlo Gebler, author of "The Siege of Derry"
--Carlo Gebler, author of "The Siege of Derry"
Notă biografică
Originally from Philadelphia, Kristin Gleeson lives in Ireland, in the West Cork Gaeltacht, where she teaches art classes, plays harp, sings in an Irish choir, and runs two book clubs for the village library. She holds a master's in library science and a PhD in history, and for a time was an administrator of a national archives, library, and museum in America.