Author: Anne McDonald. Published by Thistledown Press, Saskatoon, 2011, 1st Edition. Flat Signed by Author on the title page. Printed in Canada. A Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine.
In TO THE EDGE OF THE SEA, Anne MacDonald weaves a series of spells that pull this beautifully written novel through a tightly woven script. Rich in tone and textured for a very rewarding reading experience, To the Edge of the Sea combines great storytelling with polished literary control.
Alex was in harmony with the water. He taught himself to swim, and liked working the sea off Prince Edward Island as his fisherman father did, but he always yearned for something more.
His brother Reggie despised it all, the water that brought death, the seasickness, and he needed to breathe the air of farms. Reggie yearned for escape.
Mercy Coles lived on the same island as Alex and Reggie, but lived in Charlottetownâs society and yearned for experience.
All three would get their wish, but coincidence would shape those wishes in profound ways. Alex would find himself on a circus trapeze fated to meet the Niagara Falls tightrope artist, Farini. Alex would join the farmersâ protests against the tax collectors, and battle the demons of guilt in the supposed death of his brother. Mercy would find herself landlocked on John A. Macdonaldâs hard-drinking and dancing campaign to sell confederation statutes, attracted to his power while thinking him the ugliest man in Canada.Â
1st Edition & Signed by Author ISBN: 9781897235850 GC&C Stock #1898
