Author: Pilling Marilyn Gear Publisher: Demeter Press ISBN: 1926452623 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 253
Book Description
Marilyn Gear Pilling brilliantly displayed her competence in describing women in My Nose is a Gherkin Pickle Gone Wrong (1996). Showing them “in all their nakedness ... the voice is neither sentimental nor fussy, the prose spare and fresh” (Quill & Quire). She continued her explorations of Canadian women in The Roseate Spoonbill of Happiness (2002), a collection of stories shortlisted for the Upper Canada writing award by Leon Rooke, Greg Gatenby and Sandra Martin: “Pilling has a confident, quirky voice and her stories range in tone from the heartwarming to the humorous. The domestic landscape is familiar, but this book unlocks the strangeness beneath the familiar. In every one of these stories, the unusual and the unexpected give a perspective that enlarges the understanding and leaves the reader wanting more.” Since 2002, Pilling has produced five books of poetry, and now, with On Huron’s Shore, she has returned to fiction with a collection of linked stories about mothers, daughters, and sisters, set in the landscape of the Huron County of the mid-fifties juxtaposed with the Huron County of today. Gear Pilling takes a humourous and sensual look at the female members of one family as it was then, as it is now.
Author: Napier Shelton Publisher: Wayne State University Press ISBN: 9780814328347 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 284
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Napier Shelton takes us on a journey as he spends a year at his family's cottage on the lake. Having visited Lake Huron for over thirty years, Shelton weaves family memories into his evocative and informed account of the seasons on this great lake. In 1995, Shelton spent a year at the cottage more fully exploring Lake Huron and its varied shores. He writes about Native American fishing rights, small towns, the fearsome ice, and the migration of birds. He follows the seasonal changes of life in the water. We accompany him on commercial fishing boats, a research vessel studying lake trout, and a Coast Guard icebreaker. We experience the travels and tragedies of venturers on Lake Huron over the past four centuries. Huron is pleasurable reading for any student of natural history or the Great Lakes region, or for anyone who has ever spent time at a summer cottage or wished to do so.
Author: Rough Guides Publisher: Rough Guides UK ISBN: 0241279526 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 1254
Book Description
The Rough Guide to Canada is the ultimate travel guide to this immense country. In full colour throughout, with clear maps, detailed coverage, suggested itineraries and regional highlights, there are independent author recommendations for hotels, restaurants, cafés and bars from Toronto and Montréal to Vancouver, and from the east coast to the far north. The Rough Guide to Canada is also packed full of practical advice on exploring Canada's untamed wilderness, from hiking or skiing in the Rockies to canoeing through British Columbia's lakes, and from whale watching to looking out for grizzly bears. Whether you're camping in one of the many beautiful national parks, heli-skiing in the mountains or going in search of the northern lights, this book will give you all the practical advice you need for an amazing adventure. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Canada.
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Author: United States. Great Lakes Basin Commission